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Harry and Meg have some roses. 3/10 of the flowers are red roses, the rest are white roses. Harry gives 50% of the white roses away and buys 17 more red roses. They now have 121 roses in total. How many roses did they have at the start?

 Dec 1, 2021
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160.

final total is 121 after adding 17 roses so after giving away half white total is 104

initial mix is 3/10 red and 7/10 white after giving away half white total us 6.5/10 or 13/20

Divide 104 by 13/20 104/13*20=8*20=160

 Dec 3, 2021
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3/10X + 17 + 7/10X - 7/20X = 121

X = 160

160 (3/7) = 48 red

160 (7/10) = 112 white

 Dec 3, 2021

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