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Mary picked 15 flowers from her garden that were pink and yellow. If 3 out of 5 of these flowers were yellow, how many flowers did Mary pick that were pink

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Answer: 6 of the flowers are pink

Explanation:

If 3/5 of the flowers are yellow you would convert the 3/5 into a 9 because 1/5 of 15 is 3 so you would multiply 3 by 3 to get nine. By doing this you will find out the 2/5 or the remaining flowers are pink which makes 6 pink flowers.

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Answer:

id say 10 but im dumn if get wrong do not star me 5 only one star

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