A florist is making bouquets for the weekend. The florist uses red, yellow, orange, and purple flowers, and each bouquet contains 9 flowers of any color combinations. This week he planted 125 seeds for each color of flower. Unfortunately, a fungus killed 45 red flowers, 61 yellow, 30 orange, and 40 purple flowers. How many bouquets can the florist make this weekend? Let's be accurate as possible.
There were 125 seeds planted for each of the 4 colors of flower, so there were 125 * 4 = 500 flowers planted. The fungus killed 25 red, 31 yellow, 30 orange, and 40 purple flowers, 45 + 61 + 30 + 40 = 176 flowers dead. This leaves 500 - 176 = 324 flowers for the bouquets. If the florist puts 9 flowers in each bouquet, he can make 324 / 9 = 36 bouquets this weekend.
The answer: 36.