Question

Question 83

Solve the following:

Kaustabh had 60 flowers. He offered some flowers in temple and found that the ratio of the number of remaining flowers to that of flowers in the beginning is 3:5. Find the number of flowers offered by him in the temple.

Answer 1

Let number of flowers offered by Kaustabh in the temple be x.
Then, remaining flowers=60-x
According to the question,
$\frac{Numberofremainingflowers}{Numberofflowersinbeginning}=\frac{3}{5}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{60-x}{60}=\frac{3}{5}\Rightarrow 300-5x=180\Rightarrow 5x=300-180\Rightarrow 5x=120\Rightarrow x=\frac{120}{5}\therefore x=24$
Hence, the number of flowers offered by Kaustubh in the temple is 24.