Angelica’s bouquet of a dozen roses contains 5 white roses. The rest of the roses are pink. What fraction of the bouquet is pink

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3 years ago

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Angelica’s bouquet of a dozen roses contains 5 white roses. The rest of the roses are pink. What fraction of the bouquet is pink

roses? There are 12 roses in a dozen.
StartFraction 5 Over 12 EndFraction
StartFraction 7 Over 12 EndFraction
StartFraction 5 Over 7 EndFraction
StartFraction 7 Over 5 EndFraction

Mathematics

2 answers:

Karolina [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-04T20:32:11+03:00

Karolina [17]3 years ago

7 0

Answer:

7/12

Step-by-step explanation:

If there are 12 in total then it is the denominator. They are looking for the pink rose so if there is 5 white roses u subtract 12 by 5

Hope this explains it well

Vladimir [108] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-04T18:46:57+03:00

Vladimir [108]3 years ago

3 0

Answer:

b) 7 over 12 or (7/12)

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of white roses = 5

Therefore,

The number of pink roses= 12-5

= 7

So the fraction will be

Pink roses/ total roses

= 7/12