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A Florist is making bouquets for a wedding he plans to use 15 flowers for every 3 bouquets with the same number of the flowers per bouquet if the florist had to prepare 11 bouquets and currently has 30 flowers how many flowers will the florist need

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The florist uses 15 flowers for every 3 bouquets. This means he needs:

15 ÷ 3 = 5 flowers per bouquet.

He plans to prepare 11 bouquets, so he will need:

5 x 11 = 55 flowers

But he only has 30 flowers available, so he needs:

55 - 30 = 25 extra flowers to complete the bouquets.

Answer. 25

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