SOLUTION: In a rose garden, the ratio of red rose bushes to yellow rose bushes to white rose bushes is 5:2:6. There are 24 more red rose bushes than yellow roses bushes in this garden. How
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Question 1168741: In a rose garden, the ratio of red rose bushes to yellow rose bushes to white rose bushes is 5:2:6. There are 24 more red rose bushes than yellow roses bushes in this garden. How many white rose bushes are there? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 5x=red
2x=yello
6x=white
5x-24=2x
3x=34
x=8
the roses are
40 red
16 yellow
48 white, and that is the answer
