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  • 12-10-2016
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Kenya picked 18 flowers from her garden. If 3/5 flowers in her garden remain unpicked, how many flowers are still in her garden?

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  • 21-10-2016
Let the total number of flowers be x and remaining flowers be y
x-18=(3/5)x

x-((3/5)*x)-18 = 0

x+(-3/5)*x-18 = 0

2/5*x-18 = 0 

2/5*x = 18 

x = 18/2/5

x = 45

total flowers = 45 
plucked flowers = 18
remaining flowers = y= 45-18 = 27

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