Question

Kaustubh had 60 flowers. He offered some flowers in a 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 Kaustubh in the temple be x.

Then, remaining flowers = 60 – x

`"Number of remaining flowers"/"Number of flowers in beginning" = 3/5`  ...[Given]

⇒ `(60 - x)/60 = 3/5`

⇒ 300 – 5x = 180

⇒ 5x = 300 – 180

⇒ 5x = 120

⇒ x = `120/5`

∴ x = 24

Hence, the number of flowers offered by Kaustubh in the temple is 24.