One third of the tomatoes in a garden are ripeof those 6 tomatoes ripewrite an equation that can be used to find the total number of tomatoes in the garden?

Let ( x ) represent the total number of tomatoes in the garden. According to the problem, one third of the tomatoes are ripe, and we know there are 6 ripe tomatoes. The equation can be set up as follows:

[ \frac{1}{3}x = 6 ]

To find the total number of tomatoes, you can solve for ( x ) by multiplying both sides by 3:

[ x = 18 ]