Question

A florist ordered a shipment of red, blue, and white carnations to use for table decorations at a banquet. The ratio of red : blue : white carnations in the shipment is 3:1:2. There are 60 white carnations in the shipment. What is the total number of carnations in the shipment?.

Answer 1

165

Explanation:

What this ratio means is that for every 2 white carnations, there is 1 blue and 3 red.

We have 60 white, or 30 groups of 2

We have 3 red carnations for each group of two:

3 * 30 = 90

And we have 1 blue for each group of two:

30 / 2 = 15

So, our total number of carnations would be 90 + 15 + 60

Or: 165