Question

Jethro is planting flowers in his garden. He wants the ratio of tulips to roses to be 2 to 1. Jethro wants to plant a total of 18 flowers. How many tulips should he plant?

Answer 1

Given:

Ratio of tulips to roses = 2:1

Total number of flowers = 18

To find:

The number of tulips.

Solution:

Let the number of tulips and roses are 2x and x respectively.

According to the question,

$2x+x=18$

$3x=18$

Divide both sides by 3.

$x=\dfrac{18}{3}$

$x=6$

Now,

Number of tulips $=2(6)$

                           $=12$

Therefore, the number of tulips is 12.