Question

Mrs. Gomez is a mother to 2 boys. The number of children she has is three times the number of boys she has. Her children are planning to buy her a bouquet of flowers. What is the biggest bouquet they can buy in which the ratio of pink flowers to blue flowers matches the ratio of girls to boys if the florist has 9 blue carnations and 12 pink carnations left?

a bouquet of 12 flowers, 4 pink and 8 blue
a bouquet of 14 flowers, 8 pink and 6 blue
a bouquet of 15 flowers, 6 pink and 9 blue
a bouquet of 18 flowers, 12 pink and 6 blue

Answer 1

A bouquet of 18 flowers, 12 pink and 6 blue

Explanation:

if her total number of children is 3 times the boys, and she has 2 boys that means the equation would be 3b = x(number of children) so that would be 6 children. if she has 2 boys she has 4 girls the ratio is 2 boys: 4 girls meaning that the pink flowers should have more than the blue ones meaning that a bouquet of 18 flowers, 12 pink and 6 blue is the answer

Answer 2

a bouquet of 18 flowers, 12 pink and 6 blue

Explanation:

2 boys

3x2 (the 2 boys) = 6

6 kids in total, 4 girls 2 boys

pink to blue . girls to boys .

the girls to boys ratio is 4:2

the answer cannot be A because 4:8 is not equivalent to 4:2

the answer cannot be B because 8:6 is not equivalent to 4:2

the answer cannot be C because 6:9 is not equivalent to 4:2

the answer CAN be D because 12:6 is equivalent to 4:2