Question

you are buying one flower for each member of the swim team to wear at an awards tonight there are 19 members on the team you have decided to buy pink roses and yellow roses the pink roses cost $3 and the yellow roses cost $2 you will spend $50 how many pink roses should you buy?how many yellow roses should you buy?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 12 pink roses and 7 yellow roses.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Total number of members = 19

Let the number of pink roses be x

Let the number of yellow roses be 19-x

Cost of pink roses be $3

Cost of yellow roses be $2

Total amount spend to buy = $50

According to question,

$3x+(19-x)2=\ 50\\\\3x+38-2x=\ 50\\\\x+38=\50\\\\x=\ 50-\ 38\\\\x=\ 12$

Hence, Number of pink roses be 12

and number of yellow roses be

$19-12=7$

Hence, there are 12 pink roses and 7 yellow roses.