Question

In total, a Beetle's basket comprises $50$ flowers, including roses, lilies, and sunflowers. How many sunflowers are in the basket if there are $20$ roses and $15$ lilies?

Answer 1

$\underset{–}{\text{Given:}}$
Total number of flowers in the basket $=50$
Number of roses in the basket = $20$
Number of lilies in the basket = $15$

$\underset{–}{\text{Need to Find:}}$ Number of sunflowers in the basket

Let the number of sunflowers in the basket $=s.$

Now, according to the question:
No. of roses $+$ No. of lilies $+$ No. of sunflowers $=$ Total number of flowers in the basket
$\Rightarrow 20+15+s=50$
$\Rightarrow 35+s=50$
On subtracting $35$ from both sides of the equation, we get:
$\Rightarrow 35+s-35=50-35$
$\Rightarrow s=15$

$\therefore$ Beetle's basket contains $15$ sunflowers.