In a flower bouquet, 13/30 of the flowers were roses, 2/5 of the flowers were orchids and the remaining were gladioli. If the number of gladioli were 7. How many flowers were there in the bouquet?
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let the number of flowers be x
number of roses in the bouquet is = 13/30 of x
= 13 x /30
number of orchids = 2/5 of x
= 2 x /5
number of gladiola = 7
we can say that ,
13x /30 + 2 x /5 + 7 = x
13x + 12 x + 210 = 30x
25 x +210 = 30x
210 = 30 x -25x
210/5 = x
x = 42
there are 42 flowers in the bouquet
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