Question

The flower shop has 40 times as many flowersin one cooler as Julia has in her banquet. The cooler has 120 flowers.how many flowers are Julia's bouquet

Answer 1

40x = 120
where x is in relation to Julia's bouquet.
x = 3 flowers in Julia's bouquet

Answer 2

Juli has 3 flowers in her banquet.

Explanation:

The flower shop has 40 times as many flowers in one cooler as Juli has in her banquet.

Let

the number of flower Juli has in her banquet = a

The flower shop has 40 times Juli has in her banquet, Mathematically, this means

Number of flower in the Flower shop cooler = 40 × a

The cooler has 120 flowers which means

40a = 120

divide both sides by 40

a = 120/40

a = 3

Juli has 3 flowers in her banquet.