SOLUTION: A bouquet has 5 red roses in it, representing 15 percent of the total flowers in the bouquet. How many total flowers are in the bouquet?
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Question 679473: A bouquet has 5 red roses in it, representing 15 percent of the total flowers in the bouquet. How many total flowers are in the bouquet?
Can you please help me solve this problem?
I tried .15 times 5 and got .75 Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A bouquet has 5 red roses in it, representing 15 percent of the total flowers in the bouquet. How many total flowers are in the bouquet?
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Let the total # of flowers be "x":
Equation:
0.15x = 5
x = 5/0.15
x = 5*100/15
x = (1/3)*100
x = 33 flowers
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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