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ella4184 · Answer

Sandra has 16 red roses and 40 white roses. she wants to make arrangements of flowers withe the same number of red roses and the same number of white roses in each arrangement what is the greatest number of arrangements sandra can make

ella4184 · Answer

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ella4184 · Answer

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watermelon_talk · Answer

$$\frac{ 16 }{ 40 }$$ simplify it i think

watermelon_talk · Answer

thats the first step

ella4184 · Answer

The answer choices are 
A. 4
B. 5
C. 8
D. 10

amistre64 · Answer

does order of roses and number of roses used matter?

ella4184 · Answer

I don't think so.

amistre64 · Answer

hmm, is this algebra then? maximizing given constraints?

ella4184 · Answer

So sorry! The order doesn't matter, The number of roses does matter.

amistre64 · Answer

seems that if we can divide each set of roses into the same number of stacks then we would be able to group them one to one.

amistre64 · Answer

can we divide 16 evenly by 10 or 5?

ella4184 · Answer

16 / 10 is 1.6 and 16 / 5 is 3.2

amistre64 · Answer

im assuming (might be wrong) that we have to use every rose?

ella4184 · Answer

No. we just have to use the greatest number possible.

amistre64 · Answer

can we make 10 arrangements?

4 white roses each, and 1 red rose in each arrangement.  but then we have 6 red roses left over.

i think we have to use all the roses ...

amistre64 · Answer

can you determine a fair arrangement for making 8 of them?

ella4184 · Answer

2 red and 5 white.

amistre64 · Answer

correct,so if we have to use all of the flowers up ... then 8 is the biggest option that works for us.

watermelon_talk · Answer

its C.8 $$\frac{ 16 }{ 40 }$$ can bothbe divided by 8

welshfella · Answer

I'm puzzled by this question. We could take just 8  pairs of red roses and combine them with 8 pairs of white. WE could also  combine 4 sets of 4 red with 4 sets of 4 whites.

watermelon_talk · Answer

that means in each vase there is 2 red roses and 5 red roses

welshfella · Answer

- perhaps I've mis interpreted the question...

ella4184 · Answer

Thanks! Medal to @amistre64 and fan to @Watermelon_Talk

amistre64 · Answer

good luck :)

watermelon_talk · Answer

5 white roses i mean

welshfella · Answer

Oh I see now!

welshfella · Answer

Yes WatermELON HAS THE RIGHT ANSWER

watermelon_talk · Answer

these kind of problems are simple but hard if you over think it

welshfella · Answer

Yes,  exactly...