Question

Emma and Rita are at a florist shop. They are planning to make bouquets of flowers for their grandmothers out of roses and carnations. The cost for a single rose is r, and the cost for a single carnation is c. Emma will use 6 carnations and 4 roses for her bouquet, and Rita will use 5 carnations and 6 roses.

Answer 1

Do you know anything else about the cost of the roses and carnations? From the information you have shown, you can find the total number of carnations and roses by adding the amount of each type of flower from each bouquet, but you need more information to get any further than this.