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40% of the flowers in the garden are roses the rest of the flowers are daiseis if 8 flowers are roses how many flowers are there altoghether draw a model to justify your anwser

User Nelaaro
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Draw a rectangle, shade in 40%, that's roses, the other 60% are daisies.
2/5 of the garden is 8 roses, 1/5 of the garden is 4 flowers, 3/5 is 12 flowers, so if 2/5 is 8 roses, 3/5 is 12 daisies.
8+12=20
There are 20 flowers in total.

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