mindy picked 4 times as many daisies as tulips for a flower bouduet. she picked a total a 20 flowers. how many more daisies than tulips did she pick
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Mindy picked 4 times as many daisies as tulips for a flower bouquet she picked atotal of 20 flowers how many more daisies than tulips did she pick?
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D=4
D+T=20
4X5=20
4X4=16 daisies+4 tulips=20,so16D-4T=12
She has 12 more daisies than tulips
So you are saying 12 is four times greater than 8 ??
To determine how many more daisies than tulips Mindy picked, we can set up a system of equations based on the given information.
Let's assume Mindy picked x tulips. Since she picked 4 times as many daisies as tulips, she would have picked 4x daisies.
According to the question, the total number of flowers picked is 20. So we can write the equation:
x + 4x = 20
Combining like terms, we have:
5x = 20
To isolate x, we divide both sides of the equation by 5:
x = 20 / 5
x = 4
Now that we know x, we can substitute it back into the equation to find the number of daisies picked:
4(4) = 16
Thus, Mindy picked 16 daisies and 4 tulips. To find out how many more daisies she picked than tulips, we subtract the number of tulips picked from the number of daisies:
16 - 4 = 12
Therefore, Mindy picked 12 more daisies than tulips.