Roosvelt´s roses
Algebra
Level
2
Roosvelt has 540 roses, he gives 70 to charity. He divides his remaining roses into pairs of 10. 17 pairs burn down. Later charity gives back 7% of the roses they recieved. How many roses does roosvelt now have??
*Round the decimal
The answer is 305.
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1 solution
He gave out 70 roses and 170 roses burnt down, but charity gives back 7% of 70 roses, which rounds to 5, so he now has 540 - 70 - 170 + 5 = 305 roses