Question

A florist has 72 red and 40 white roses. If the florist creates the greatest number of identical bouquets with a combination of red and white roses without any roses leftover, how many white roses are in each bouquet?
A)3
B)5
C)7
D)8

Answer 1

@Shadow

Answer 2

I think the answer might be 5 or 8

Answer 3

Do you know what the GCD is?

Answer 4

the GCD is 8

Answer 5

So divide both by the GCD and you will get how many of each type of flower, in each bouquet.

Answer 6

thanks

Answer 7

for 72 it is 9, and 40 is 5. So i'm confused

Answer 8

I'm just going to go with 5

Answer 9

That means that in each of the bouquets, there are five white roses. In total, there are eight bouquets

Answer 10

oh ok thanks