SOLUTION: In her rose garden, Mary has half as many white roses as red roses, 4 times as many red ones as pink ones. There are 36 roses that are either yellow or pink. Twenty are yellow. How

Question 1013007: In her rose garden, Mary has half as many white roses as red roses, 4 times as many red ones as pink ones. There are 36 roses that are either yellow or pink. Twenty are yellow. How many roses are there in Mary's garden?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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36 are yellow or pink
20 are yellow, so 16 are pink.
4 times as many are red, so 64 are red.
Half as many are white, so 32 are white
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20 are yellow
16 are pink
64 are red
32 are white
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20+16+64+32=132
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ANSWER: There are 132 roses in the garden.
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