# Butterflies and bees

There were 35 flowers in the garden. The butterflies were on 17 flowers. There were butterflies and bees on 8 flowers. Can you find out on how many flowers were only bees? Note. there was a maximum of one butterfly and a maximum of one bee on each flower. Each flower was occupied.

Correct result:

v =  26

#### Solution:

$v=35-17+8=26$

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