Question

One of the largest flowers, the Rafflesia, weighs about 15 lb. How many Rafflesia flowers can be placed in a container that can hold a maximum of 240 lb?

Answer 1

The answer is 16 Rafflesia flowers.

Explanation:

In order to determine the total amount of Rafflesia flowers in a container,

we have to divide the allowed weight of the container by the weight of one Rafllesia flower. The quotient of the division represents the total amount of Rafflesia flowers that can be placed in the container. It doesn't matter the remainder of the division.

`(240)/(15) =16`

Therefore, 16 Rafflesia flowers can be placed in a container that can hold a maximun of 240 lb.

Answer 2

Lets use R as the number of flowers to be carried. (Or whatever letter you like)
R = number of flowers to be carried.

Multiply 15r
15r = 240
This can also be expressed as 15 pounds per flower times number of flowers equals 240 pounds.
15f = 240 (15 pounds per flower times number of flowers equals 240 pounds)

Divide 240 by 15 to get r
R = 16 flowers

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