Amos potted pansies and marigolds to sell in his greenhouse. during a busy weekend, he sold 48 pansies and 96 marigolds. what fraction of the flowers sold were marigolds

There are two types of flowers are given: Potted pansies and Marigolds.

Number of Potted pansies flowers sold = 48.

Number of Marigolds flowers = 96.

Total number of flowers sold = Number of Potted pansies flowers sold+Number of Marigolds flowers = 48+96 = 144 flowers.

Fraction of the marigolds flowers sold to the total flowers sold = .

Reducing it into simplest fraction by dividing top and bottom by 48, we get

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Therefore, of the flowers sold were marigolds.