Question

Jasmine needs to make a bouquet of 24 yellow and orange carnations. The ratio of yellow carnations to all of the carnations must be 1 to 3. She determines that she will need 8 orange carnations for the bouquet. Which statement correctly describes her error?
She did not include enough orange carnations. She thought the ratio of orange carnations to all carnations was 1 to 3.
She included too many orange carnations. If 1 of the 3 flowers is yellow, then 2 must be orange.
She did not include enough orange carnations. If 1 of the 24 flowers is yellow, then 23 must be orange.
She included too many orange carnations. She thought the ratio of orange carnations to yellow carnations was 1 to 3.

Answer 1

Which answer do you believe to be true? Hint: The answer involves a mistake in the ratio.

Answer 2

I think it is... She did not include enough orange carnations. She thought the ratio of orange carnations to all carnations was 1 to 3.

Answer 3

Yup that is correct. She 100 flipped around the ratio.

Answer 4

Thanks! You are very helpful raman!

Answer 5

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