Answer :
Final answer:
The total number of geraniums in the greenhouse is 120. This was determined by calculating the value of each 'part' in the provided petunia to geranium ratio and then multiplying the number of geranium 'parts' by this value.
Explanation:
The question provides a ratio of petunias to geraniums in the greenhouse, which is 15:2. This is the same as saying for every 15 petunias, there are 2 geraniums. If you combine the parts of the ratio, you get a total of 17 parts (15 petunias + 2 geraniums). We know that the total number of flowers in the greenhouse is 1020.
Now, we'll figure out what each 'part' is equal to in the real world. To do that, we divide the total number of flowers by the total number of parts, so 1020 ÷ 17 = 60. This tells us each 'part' in our ratio is equal to 60 flowers.
From there, since we need to find the number of geraniums, we multiply the number of geranium 'parts' by the value of each 'part'. So, the number of geraniums in the greenhouse is 2 (The geranium 'parts') x 60 = 120 geraniums.
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in short, we simply split the total amount by the given ratio, so we'll split or divide 1020 by (15 + 2) and then distribute accordingly.
[tex]\bf \cfrac{petunias}{geraniums}\qquad 15:2\qquad \cfrac{15}{2}~\hspace{7em}\cfrac{15\cdot \frac{1020}{15+2}}{2\cdot \frac{1020}{15+2}}\implies \cfrac{15\cdot \frac{1020}{17}}{2\cdot \frac{1020}{17}} \\\\\\ \cfrac{15\cdot 60}{2\cdot 60}\implies \cfrac{900}{120}\implies \stackrel{petunias}{900}~~:~~\stackrel{geraniums}{120}[/tex]
