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In a typical eudicot flower, the number of sepals is exactly twice the number of petals. If the flower has 5 petals, how many sepals does it have?

easy 1 mark Class 11 · Biology · Anatomy of Flowering Plants
Answer
10

The correct answer is 10 — Thus the flower has sepals.

Step-by-step solution

  1. Let the number of petals be .
  2. The number of sepals equals twice the number of petals: .
  3. Compute .
  4. Thus the flower has sepals.
Common mistake: Multiplying by 2 incorrectly or forgetting the factor of 2

Concept tested: Sepal count in eudicots

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