Ms. hernandez has 17 tomato plants that she wants to plant in rows. she will plant 2 plants in some rows and 1 plant in the others. how many different ways can she plant the tomato plants? make a table to solve.

1. ∠1 is complementary to ∠2 and ∠3 is complementary to ∠2. subtraction property of equality 2. m∠1 + m∠2 = 90 and m∠3 + m∠2 = 90 substitution 3. m∠1 + m∠2 = m∠3 + m∠2 definition of complementary 4. m∠1 = m∠3 given