Question

A garden has $50$ flowers, including roses, lilies, and sunflowers. How many sunflowers are there in the garden if there are $20$ roses and $15$ lilies?

• A. $25$
• B. $15$
• C. $20$
• D. $10$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $15$

Given,
Total number of flowers in the garden $=50$
Number of roses in the garden $=20$
Number of lilies in the garden $=15$

Let the number of sunflowers in the garden be $s.$

Number of roses $+$ number of lilies $+$ number of sunflowers $=$ total number of flowers in the garden
$\Rightarrow 20+15+s=50$
$\Rightarrow 35+s=50$
On subtracting $35$ from both sides of the equation,
$\Rightarrow 35+s-35=50-35$
$\Rightarrow s=15$

Therefore, there are $15$ sunflowers in the garden.