kallie makes bouquets of flowers so that the ratios are 4 carnations to 2 sunflowers to 3 lilies. kallie makes a bouquet of 72 flowers using only these flowers. How many of each type of flower does she use?
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A:
Step One Find the total of the ratios.
There are 72 flowers all together. The total of the ratios is 2 + 3 + 4 = 9
Step Two Find the number of carnations. The number of carnations to the total is 4/9
Carnations = (4/9) * 72 = 288/9 = 32
There are 32 carnations in the bouquet.
Step Three Find the number of sunflowers. Sunflower ratio =2/9