Question

There are 4 times as many pink roses as red roses in Amy's garden. There are 9 more pink roses than red roses. How many red roses are there in Amy's garden?

Answer 1

Answer:

There are 3 red roses in Amy's garden.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

There are 4 times as many pink roses as red roses in Amy's garden.

There are 9 more pink roses than red roses.

Now, to find the red roses in Amy's garden.

Let the number of red roses be $x$.

So, the number of pink roses = $4x.$

As given, there are 9 more pink roses than red roses.

According to question:

$4x=x+9$

Subtracting both sides by $x$ we get:

$3x=9$

Dividing both sides by 3 we get:

$x=3.$

Therefore, there are 3 red roses in Amy's garden.