Fred and ethyl had 132 flowers altogether at first. after fred sold 1/4 of his flowers and ethyl sold 48 of her flowers, they had the same number of flowers left. how many did they each have at first?

F + E = 132
3/4 F = E - 48           ( after Fred sold 1/4 of his flowers there is 3/4 flowers left )

E = 132 - F
3/4 F = 132 - F - 48
3/4 F + F = 84
7/4 F = 84
F = 84 : 7/4 = 84 * 4/7 = 48
E = 132 - 48 = 84
We can prove it: 3/4 * 48 = 84 - 48
36 = 36 ( correct )

Fred had 48 flowers and Ethel 84 flowers.

1. isolate the variable, in this case, d. subtract 35.5 on both sides of the equation.2. 52 subtracted by 35.5 is 16.53. therefore your answer would be d= 16.5this is the basics of pre algebra, isolating variable through adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, if you have any other questions to ask just comment!

The correct answer is c