Question

Charlie device a basket of cherries into two portions the ratio of the mass of the bigger person to the mass of the smaller portion is 5 : 2 if the mass of the bigger portion is 15 kg find the mass of the smaller portion​

Answer 1

here

let the small portion of cherries be x

they are in proportionso,

5/2*15/x

=0r,5x=15*2

or,x=30/5=6

so the mass of small portion is 6 kg.