Kennedy grew tomatoes from three plants she had in her backyard. The first tomato plant produced two dozen tomatoes. The second plant produced 5 more than half as many tomatoes as the first plant. And the third plant produced two more tomatoes than the second plant. How many tomatoes did the three plants produce? Let's be accurate as possible.
Half as many as the first plant is 24 / 2 = 12 tomatoes. But the second plant produced 5 more than half as many tomatoes as the first plant., or a total of 12 + 5 = 17 tomatoes. And the third plant produced two more tomatoes than the second plant, or 17 + 2 = 19 tomatoes. In total, the three plants produced 24 + 17 + 19 = 60 tomatoes.
The answer: 60.