Question

A bag has white, orange and black balls in the ratio 2 : 5 : 3. What percentage of balls is orange?

Answer 1

Let the number of balls be 2x, 5x, 3x respectively.

Total number= 10x

Percentage of orange balls=

5x/10x *100

=50%

Answer 2

Answer:

2:3:5

$2x + 3x + 5x = 10x \\ 10x = 100 \\ x = \frac{100}{10 } \\ x = 10 \\ 5x = 5 \times 10 \\ = 50$