Question

In Sakura's garden, for every 5 red flowers, there are 10 yellow flowers. There are 75 total red and yellow flowers. How many red flowers are in Sakura's garden?

Answer 1

Answer: there are 25 red flowers in Sakura's garden.

Step-by-step explanation:

In Sakura's garden, for every 5 red flowers, there are 10 yellow flowers. This means that if there are 10 red flowers, there would be 20 yellow flowers. if there are 20 red flowers, there would be 40 yellow flowers. Therefore, the ratio of red flowers to yellow flowers in the garden is

5/10 = 10/20 £= 20/40 = 1/2 = 1:2

Total ratio = 2 + 1 = 3

If there are 75 total red and yellow flowers, then the total number of red flowers are in Sakura's garden would be

1/3 × 75 = 25