Mrs. Gomez is a mother to 2 boys. The number of children she has is three times the number of boys she has. Her children are pla
nning to buy her a bouquet of flowers. What is the biggest bouquet they can buy in which the ratio of pink flowers to blue flowers matches the ratio of girls to boys if the florist has 9 blue carnations and 12 pink carnations left?
<span>The biggest number of groups that can be formed is 6, because six is the greatest common factor of 12 and 42. There will be 2 coaches in each group because 6 x 2 = 12 and 7 players in each group because 7 x 6 = 42.</span>
