Jethro is planting flowers in his garden. He wants the ratio of tulips to roses to be 2 to 1. Jethro wants to plant a total of 18 flowers. How many tulips should he plant?

Given:

Ratio of tulips to roses = 2:1

Total number of flowers = 18

To find:

The number of tulips.

Solution:

Let the number of tulips and roses are 2x and x respectively.

According to the question,

Divide both sides by 3.

Now,

Number of tulips

Therefore, the number of tulips is 12.

entering that problem on the tube might get you an answer

x> 6

step-by-step explanation:

8x+8> 7x+14

8x-7x> 14-8

x> 6