Frankenstein,

Please ignore my question in the previous post. I got it

Thank you and i will make sure to start a new thread for each new question

Thanks Frankenstein. Another Set questions: At the end of the day, February 14th, a florist had 120 roses left in his shop, all of which were red, white or pink in color and either long or short-stemmed. A third of the roses were short-stemmed, 20 of which were white and 15 of which were pink. The p...

Thank you all for replying

The answer is 17 days.

@Mitch

I saw that you plugged in numbers. I did it using algebra. When should one plug in numbers vs algebra?

Thank you

Mixture Question

5 litres of water is added to a certain quantity of pure milk costing $3 per litre. If, by selling the mixture at the same price as before a profit of 20% is made, what is the amount of pure milk in the mixture? My approach: Quantity of milk = x lts Cost of milk per lt = $3 Water added = 5 lt Total ...

@Mitch I used the "alligation" method as well to set up the proportions. I was stuck after 3:2 Following was my line of thinking: 3 parts voted for R and 2 parts voted for S Therefore 3/5 * Total number of voters voted for R and 2/5 * Total number of voters voted for S But we do-not know t...

Horse A takes 9 minutes to complete 1 lap. Therefore speed of Horse A is 1/9 laps/minute Horse B takes 12 minutes to complete 1 lap. Therefore speed of Horse B is 1/12 laps/minute Since both horses are moving in the same direction, the relative speed will be (1/9 - 1/12) = 1/36 laps/minute The quest...

Moving Walkway problem-- Reopening

The ‘moving walkway’ is a 300-foot long walkway consisting of a conveyor belt that moves continuously at 3 feet per second. When Bill steps on the walkway, a group of people that are also on the walkway stands 120 feet in front of him. He walks toward the group at a rate of 3 feet per second. On...