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16 May, 09:35

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?

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  1. 16 May, 10:11
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    There are 6 children total, 4 of which are girls. The ratio is 2:1 girls:boys, so there will need to be twice as many pinks as there are blues. If we get 12 pinks, then there will be 6 blues. That's the biggest since that's all the pinks the florist has.
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