Question

A bouquet has 9 red roses 12 white roses and 2 sunflower. Using the ratio of white roses to total flowers, how many white roses would you have if you had 253 total flowers?

Answer 1

132 white roses

Explanation:

9 + 12 + 2 = 23

12 to 23

253 ÷ 23 = 11

11 × 12 = 132

If there are 253 total flowers then there would be 132 white roses