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Out of a swarm of bees, one fifth settled on a blossom of Rose and one third on a flower of Sunflower and three times the difference of those numbers flew to the bloom of a marigold. One bee which remained hovered and flew about in the air allured at the same moment by the pleasing fragrance of a jasmine and pandanus. What is the number of bees? Give one useful product made from each of the three flowers for our daily needs.

Let the swarm of bees be x

Bees on the blossom of rose


Bees on the Sunflower


Bees that flew to Marigold


Hovering bee = 1


According to the question,





14x + 15 = 15x


15x – 14x = 15


x = 15


The total number of bees is 15.


Roses are used for making perfume.


Sunflower seeds are used to extract oil that is used for cooking.


Marigold oil is extracted from marigold flower, it has healing properties and is thus used in


making ointments, creams.


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