c) 22.5 kg of rice has 4.5 kg of sand mixed in it. What is the ratio of quantity of sand to rice? Express the ratio as a percentage.
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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/Word
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.
Ratio of quantity of sand to rice=4.5:22.5=4.5/22.5=1/9=1:9=10%:90%
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