Arianna is buying plants for her garden. She buys 15 flowering plants for 96 dollars Pink flowering plants sell for 8 dollars , and purple flowering plants sell for 5 dollars How many pink flowering plants did Arianna buy?

Let x be the number of pink plants, so Arianna bought 15 − x purple plants. The total cost gives 8x + 5(15 − x) = 96, which simplifies to 3x = 21, so x = 7. Therefore, the correct choice is 7 pink flowering plants.

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