Math  /  Algebra

QuestionFlannery used 30 lilies and 78 roses to create six identical flower arrangements.
Write an equation to describe the relationship between ll, the number of lilies, and rr, the number of roses. Do NOT use a mixed number. \square

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

What is this asking? We need to find a single equation that relates the number of lilies and roses in these **identical** flower arrangements. Watch out! Don't mix up the total number of flowers with the number in each arrangement!

STEP 2

1. Flowers per arrangement
2. Relate lilies and roses

STEP 3

We know Flannery made six **identical** arrangements.
That means each arrangement has the same number of lilies and the same number of roses!
She used a total of 3030 lilies.
So, to find the number of lilies *per arrangement*, we **divide** the total number of lilies by the number of arrangements: 30÷6=530 \div 6 = 5.
Each arrangement has **5 lilies**!

STEP 4

She used 7878 roses total, and made 66 identical arrangements.
So each arrangement has 78÷6=1378 \div 6 = 13 roses.
Each arrangement has **13 roses**!

STEP 5

Let ll be the *total* number of lilies and rr be the *total* number of roses.
We know that there are 66 arrangements, and each has 55 lilies, so l=65l = 6 \cdot 5.
Similarly, each arrangement has 1313 roses, so r=613r = 6 \cdot 13.

STEP 6

We want to relate ll and rr *directly*, without the number of arrangements.
Notice that l=65l = 6 \cdot 5, so dividing both sides by 5 gives us 6=l56 = \frac{l}{5}.
Also, r=613r = 6 \cdot 13, so dividing both sides by 13 gives us 6=r136 = \frac{r}{13}.

STEP 7

Since both l5\frac{l}{5} and r13\frac{r}{13} are equal to 66, they must be equal to each other!
Therefore, our equation is l5=r13\frac{l}{5} = \frac{r}{13}.
Awesome!

STEP 8

The equation that describes the relationship between ll, the number of lilies, and rr, the number of roses is: l5=r13\frac{l}{5} = \frac{r}{13}

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