Question

22.5kg of rice has 4.5kg of sand mixed in it What is the ratio of quanintry of sand to sice ? Express the ratio as a percentage.​

Answer 1

Answer:

5 : 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The weight of the rice is  =  22.5 kg

The weight of the sand that is mixed in the Rice =  4.5 kg

In order to find weight you have to divide the sand with rice it means that

Here it is written in words: Rice : Sand or Rice/sand

Here we are doing the division that is  22.5/4.5= 5

Hence the ratio of 1 kg of  Sand is mixed with 5kg of Rice.

Hence the ratio is 5:1.

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