Question

Mary picks 15 flowers from her garden.If 3 out of 5 of these flowers are yellow ,how many yellow flowers does Mary pick?

Answer 1

Mary picks a total of 9 yellow flowers from her garden

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Mary picks 15 flowers from her garden

3 out of 5 of these flowers are yellow

To find:

how many yellow flowers does Mary pick

Solution:

There are a total of 15 flowers to pick from

Thus, we can see there are 3 sets of 5 flowers in the garden

According to the given,

3 out of 5 of these flowers are yellow

That means each set of 5 flowers will contain 3 yellow flowers

There are 3 such sets of 5 flowers in each

∴ The yellow flowers in those sets = 3 + 3+ 3

∴ The yellow flowers in those sets = 9

Thus, Mary picks 9 yellow flowers from the garden

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