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Bouquets are to be made using white tulips and red tulips, and the rat 26 Jun 2024, 13:11
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What if the no of red tulips were 75?

In that case,
We could have 1W and 5R in 12 jars
And 3W and 15R in 1 har

Total jars = 13

And the ratio W:R is the same in all the jars.

In this case, the number of tulips is not equal in all the jars. However, all the conditions mentioned in the question are met.

So in the first place, in the original question with 85 R tulips, how can we start by assuming that the no of tulips would be equal in all the jars?

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­"..the ratio of the number of white tulips to the number of red tulips is to be the same in each bouquet"

The above means that the RATIO of white to red tulips in EACH bouquet must be the same, say x:y in the first, second, ...

Hope it's clear.­
In the example that I have taken, the ratio of W:R is the same in all the jars. 1:5.
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­If there were 75 white and 85 red tulips, then the greatest number of bouquets that can be made would be 5, since 5 is the greatest common factor of 75 and 85:

Each bouquet would contain 15 white and 17 red tulips, making the ratio in each eqaul to 15:17.­
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