Question

Brian gets pic 'n mix when at the cinema and makes his bag up with 3 types of sweet. He picks 3 times as many smarties as cola bottles. He also picks twice as many marshmallows as smarties. What proportion of the bag of sweets are cola bottles?
Give your answer in its simplest form

Answer 1

1:10

Step-by-step explanation:

let cola bottles = x, smarties = 3x

& marshmallows = 2×3x = 6x

C : S : M = x : 3x : 6x = 1: 3 : 6

required proportion of cola bottles to bag of sweets

= 1 : (1+3+6) = 1 : 10