Question

So far, 30% of the flowers in the garden have bloomed. There are 27 flowers in the garden that have bloomed. Enter the total number of flowers in the garden.

Answer 1

90 flowers in the garden in all.

Explanation:

We're essentially asking the question 27 is 30% of what number. We can allow x to represent the unkown number and use the following equation to solve for x, the total number of flowers in the garden:

30% x = 27

0.30x = 27

x = 90

Thus, there are a total of 90 flowers in the garden.