A florist is making a floral arrangement that has 55 flowers in it. Three out of every five of them are tulips.
What is the number of flowers in each section?
(The answer is not 11)
If three out of every five flowers are tulips, then the number of tulips in the arrangement can be found by multiplying the total number of flowers (55) by the fraction representing the proportion of tulips, which is 3/5.
(55 flowers) x (3/5) = 33 flowers
The remaining flowers in the arrangement will be non-tulip flowers. To find this number, subtract the number of tulips from the total number of flowers:
55 flowers - 33 flowers = 22 flowers
So, there are 33 tulips and 22 non-tulip flowers in the arrangement.