He has 5 lettuces in the garden. Every week, he plants 2 more lettuces. One day, Simone counts 23 lettuces in his garden. Write an equation to describe this situation.

The equation to describe this situation is expressed as

23 = 5 + 2x

Step-by-step explanation:

He has 5 lettuces in the garden. Every week he plants 2 more lettuces. One day Simone counts 23 lettuce in his garden.

let

x = number of weeks

The total lettuces he has in his garden will be represented by y. He already has 5 lettuce in his garden. Therefore,

y = 5 + 2x

Since the total lettuces he has in his garden is 23, the equation can be expressed as follows.

Total lettuce in his garden (y) = 23

23 = 5 + 2x.

we can find x which is the number of weeks he used to plant those lettuce.

23 - 5 = 2x

18 = 2x

x = 18/2

x = 9 weeks.