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George began making paper flowers for the tables at the school awards banquet He can make 3 flowers per minute. Sue joined him 5 minutes after he started. She can make 4 flowers per minute. George continued to make 3 flowers per minute. Together, they made 190 flowers. Which statement about the number of flowers made is true? Sue made 25 flowers. George made 30 flowers.

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we get that after 5 minutes George has 15 flowers. So the equations that model the situation is

[tex]\begin{gathered} 3t+4t+15=190 \\ 7t=190-15=175 \\ t=\frac{175}{7}=25 \end{gathered}[/tex]

as the time is 25 minutes we get that George made

[tex]25\cdot3+15=75+15=90[/tex]

George made 90 flowers

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