Question

You are decorating a gift pack with $15$ flowers. You want an equal number of flowers in each of the $3$ rows on the gift pack. Which equation would you use to find the number of flowers, $r$ in each row?

• A. $r+3=15$
• B. $15-r=3$
• C. $3r=15$
• D. $\frac{3}{r}=15$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $3r=15$

We have, number of rows $\times$ Number of flowers in each row$=$ Total number of flowers.
$\Rightarrow 3\times r=15$

$\Rightarrow 3r=15$

Hence, option C is correct.