Question

carlos ran an experiment with bean plants. he gave one plant less light and one plant more light. the plant that got less light grew 2 inches. the plant that got more light grew 3 times as tall as the plant that got less light. how many inches did the plant that got more light grow?

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the growth of the less - light plant

The plant with less light grew 2 inches.

Step2: Calculate the growth of the more - light plant

The plant with more light grew 3 times as tall as the less - light plant. So we multiply the growth of the less - light plant (2 inches) by 3. Mathematically, that is $2\times3 = 6$.

Answer:

6