Brad wants to buy flowers for his friends with $21. The daisies are $2 each and the roses are $3 each. He buys 3 more Daisies then roses. How much did the roses cost?

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dmezzullo · Answer

Do u have any ideas on what to do first?

anonymous · Answer

No

dmezzullo · Answer

Alright well start off with low numbers and try to figure out how many of each he buys

anonymous · Answer

Maybe 5 daisies and 2 or 3 roses?

dmezzullo · Answer

Remember it needs to equal 21 dollars

anonymous · Answer

I tried that but if i do three roses I only have 2 more daisies.

dmezzullo · Answer

This is weird.

dmezzullo · Answer

Do u round to the nearest rose? lol

anonymous · Answer

I don't know

dmezzullo · Answer

U seem like ur right

dmezzullo · Answer

Bc that's $19 and u have 2 more daises than roses

dmezzullo · Answer

Wait wait wait

dmezzullo · Answer

U are off by 1

dmezzullo · Answer

I was thinking he bought 2 more than roses

dmezzullo · Answer

But it's 3. So it would be 6 and 3.

dmezzullo · Answer

Bc 6x2=12 and then 3x3=9
12+9=21