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Some thing does seem amiss about this problem, but if you assume certain things (such as, the last row neednt be completely filled with plants), I guess we can attempt solving it.
Here is my attempt at trying to solve it:
Well, if there are 180 plants and 40 plants per row. That means its 40 plants in the first 4 rows and 20 plants in the 5th row. (Simple arithmetic: 180 plants / 40 plants per row = 4.5 rows OR 4 full rows and 1 half row.)
Now, if the question says that if above was the case, the gardener would've needed 6 fewer rows. This imples that he has 6 more rows than he would've had if he planted the 180 plants such that 40 plants were present per row, which woukd be 5+6 = 11.
So the gardener has 11 rows in total at present.
Hope this helps but since Arithmetic isnt one of my strongest traits, please correct me if this is awfully wrong.![Smile :)](./images/smilies/smile.png)
Cheers!
Here is my attempt at trying to solve it:
Well, if there are 180 plants and 40 plants per row. That means its 40 plants in the first 4 rows and 20 plants in the 5th row. (Simple arithmetic: 180 plants / 40 plants per row = 4.5 rows OR 4 full rows and 1 half row.)
Now, if the question says that if above was the case, the gardener would've needed 6 fewer rows. This imples that he has 6 more rows than he would've had if he planted the 180 plants such that 40 plants were present per row, which woukd be 5+6 = 11.
So the gardener has 11 rows in total at present.
Hope this helps but since Arithmetic isnt one of my strongest traits, please correct me if this is awfully wrong.
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/smile.png)
Cheers!