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Roma tomatoes can produce up to 150 tomatoes per plant. If Marium plants 5 plants and expects to lose 6% of her crop, how many tomatoes will Marium have?

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Answer:Marium will have 705 tomatoes remainingStep-by-step explanation:Step 1: Determine the rate of production per plantRoma tomatoes produces=150 tomatoes per plant Step 2: Determine total number of tomatoes to be producedThe expected number of tomatoes to be produced before accounting for the losses can be expressed as;Total tomatoes=number of tomatoes per plant×number of plantswhere;Number of tomatoes per plant=150number of plants=5replacing;Total tomatoes=(150×5)=750 plantsTotal tomatoes=750 plantsStep 3: Expected losesThe total number of tomatoes she expects to lose can be expressed as;Total number of tomatoes lost=expected loss×total tomatoeswhere;expected loss=6%total tomatoes=750replacing;Total number of tomatoes lost=(6/100)×750=45 tomatoesTotal number of tomatoes lost=45Step 4: Remaining tomatoes after lossThe remaining number of tomatoes when we account for the quantity lost can be expressed as;Remaining number of tomatoes=Total number of tomatoes-total number of tomatoes lostwhere;total number of tomatoes=750total number of tomatoes lost=45replacing;Remaining number of tomatoes=(750-45)=705 tomatoesMarium will have 705 tomatoes remaining