A florist ordered some flowers. 800 of the flowers were tulips while the rest were roses.
2/5 of the roses were red. 1/2 of the remaining roses were white and the rest of the remaining
roses were blue. Given that 10% of the flowers were blue roses, how many flowers did she order?
A florist ordered some flowers. (6) 800 of the flowers were tulips while the rest were roses.
(1) 2/5 of the roses were red. (2) 1/2 of the remaining roses were white and the rest of the remaining roses were blue. (4) Given that 10% of the flowers were blue roses, (7) how many flowers did she order?
(3) Make remaining roses same number of units.
(4) 10% = 1/10
(5) Make blue roses same number of units.
Red R: Total R: Remain R: White R: Blue R: Tulips: Total flowers
2 : 5 : 3 x2
2 : 1 : 1 x3
4 : 10 : 6 : 3 : 3 : 20 : 30
(800) (?)
1 : : 10 x3
20u = 800
30u = 800 / 20 x 30
= 1200
