In a friendship basket, 2 out of every 5 roses are pink. If there are 6 pink roses, how many total roses are in the bouquet
To find the total number of roses in the bouquet, we first need to determine the ratio of pink roses to the total number of roses.
We know that 2 out of every 5 roses are pink, or a ratio of 2:5.
Let's use this ratio to set up a proportion to find the total number of roses.
Let's represent the total number of roses as x.
The proportion can be set up as:
2/5 = 6/x
To solve this proportion, we can cross-multiply and solve for x.
2x = 5 * 6
2x = 30
x = 30/2
x = 15
Therefore, there are a total of 15 roses in the bouquet.
2/7 = 6/x
2x = 42
x = 21 total roses in the bouquet