The ratio of flowers to bulbs to seeds is 10:8:2. if the garden had 30 flowers how many of them came from bulbs
Let's first determine the total number of units in the ratio.
10 + 8 + 2 = 20
Now, we know that there are 30 flowers, which is equal to 10 units in the ratio. To find out how many flowers came from bulbs, we need to find how many units 30 flowers is equal to.
Since 30 flowers = 10 units, 1 flower = 10/30 = 1/3 units.
Now, we know that 8 bulbs are equal to 8 units in the ratio. So, to find how many flowers came from bulbs:
(1/3 units) / (1 unit) * 8 = 8/3
Therefore, 8/3 flowers came from bulbs, which is equal to 2.67 flowers.
Since we can't have a fraction of a flower, we can conclude that 3 out of the 30 flowers came from bulbs.