Michelle is planting flowers in her garden. She wants the ratio of daisies to carnations to be 4 to 2. Michelle wants to plant a total of 36 flowers. How many daisies should she plant?
The ratio of daisies to carnations is 4 to 2, which can be simplified to 2 to 1.
This means that for every 2 daisies, there is 1 carnation.
To find the total number of parts in the ratio, we add 2 + 1 = 3 parts.
To find the number of daisies Michelle should plant, we divide the total number of flowers by the total number of parts in the ratio and then multiply by the number of parts for daisies:
(36 flowers / 3 parts) x 2 parts = 24 daisies
Therefore, Michelle should plant 24 daisies in her garden.