Aflorist has 30 carnations and 42 roses. he wants to put the flowers in vases so that each vase has the same number of flowers a. what is the greatest number of identical vases he can fill? b. how many flowers will be in each vase?

Note that

Find the grearest common factor GCF(30,42). You can see that numbers 30 and 42 have common factors 2 and 3, then

This gives that the greatest number of identical vases florist can fill is 6. Each vase will contain

Therefore, in each vase will be 12 flowers (5 carnations and 7 roses).

hey seth! : )

i’m not 100% sure, but i think it’s b

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- nicole

exa:

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3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.