A packet contains blue and yellow flower seeds in thwle ratio 3:4. there are 32 floweer seeds

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Rednoyz · Answer 1 · 2022-12-22T17:54:42+0000

Note: We need to find the number of seeds of each color.

Given:

A packet contains blue and yellow flower seeds in the ratio 3:4.

There are 32 flower seeds.

To find:

The number of blue and yellow flower seeds.

Solution:

Let the number of blue and yellow flower seeds are 3x and 4x respectively.

There are 32 flower seeds.

3x+4x=32

7x=32

x=(32)/(7)

$x\approx 4.57$

Now,

The number of blue flower seeds is

$3(4.57)=13.71\approx 14$

The number of yellow flower seeds is

$4(4.57)=18.28\approx 18$

We approx. the value rounded to the nearest integer because the number of flower seeds cannot be a decimal of fractional value.

Therefore, the number of blue seeds is 14 and the number of yellow seeds is 18.