Question

A packet contains blue and yellow flower seeds in thwle ratio 3:4. there are 32 floweer seeds​

Answer 1

Note: We need to find the number of seeds of each color.

Given:

A packet contains blue and yellow flower seeds in the ratio 3:4.

There are 32 flower seeds​.

To find:

The number of blue and yellow flower seeds.

Solution:

Let the number of blue and yellow flower seeds are 3x and 4x respectively.

There are 32 flower seeds​.

`3x+4x=32`

`7x=32`

`x=(32)/(7)`

`x\approx 4.57`

Now,

The number of blue flower seeds is

`3(4.57)=13.71\approx 14`

The number of yellow flower seeds is

`4(4.57)=18.28\approx 18`

We approx. the value rounded to the nearest integer because the number of flower seeds cannot be a decimal of fractional value.

Therefore, the number of blue seeds is 14 and the number of yellow seeds is 18.