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A student solved this problem by working backward. Jared has some flowers. He has 6 more red flowers than yellow flowers. He has twice as many orange flowers as red flowers. He has 4 yellow flowers. How many flowers does Jared have altogether? Student's solution: Jared has 4 yellow flowers. He has 6 more red than yellow flowers (4 + 6 = 10). He has twice as many orange flowers as red flowers (10 × 2 = 20). So Jared has 4 + 10 + 20 = 34 flowers. Use a similar strategy to solve this problem. Kathleen has some balloons. She has 7 more silver balloons than gold balloons. She has 3 times as many bronze balloons as silver balloons. She has 5 gold balloons. How many balloons does Kathleen have altogether?

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I hope this helps. I got 38 balloons. there are 5 gold balloons and 7 silver balloons (5G + 7S=12B) then 3 times as many bronze balloons than silver balloons (3b x 7S=21B) then the 5 gold. (21B + 12B + 5B=38)

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