Sally saw three kinds of flowers---tulips, roses, daffodils. She saw 3 times as many tulips as roses and 4 times as many daffodils as roses. Altogether there were 72 flowers. How many of each flower did she see.
How do I start finding the answer? Or do I figure the average of 24 of each flower. Divide by 3 to equal 8 and divide by to equal 6. 24 plus 8 (32) - 24 plus 6 (30) and 10 with total 72?
To find the answer to this problem, we can use a system of equations. Let's assign variables to represent the number of each type of flower.
Let's say the number of roses is represented by the variable "r."
According to the problem, Sally saw three times as many tulips as roses, which means the number of tulips is 3 times "r" or 3r.
Additionally, Sally saw four times as many daffodils as roses, so the number of daffodils is 4 times "r" or 4r.
Now we can set up an equation to represent the total number of flowers that Sally saw. The problem states that the total is 72, so we have the equation:
r + 3r + 4r = 72
Simplifying this equation, we get:
8r = 72
To find the value of "r," we divide both sides of the equation by 8:
r = 72 / 8
r = 9
So Sally saw 9 roses. Since she saw three times as many tulips, she saw 3 times 9 = 27 tulips. And since she saw four times as many daffodils, she saw 4 times 9 = 36 daffodils.
Therefore, Sally saw 9 roses, 27 tulips, and 36 daffodils.
you have three quantities: t,r,d and they give you some facts:
t = 3r
and so on. Then solve for the values.