Question

Dan gets pic 'n mix when at the cinema and makes his bag up with 3 types of sweet. He picks 3 times as many cola bottles as smarties. He also picks twice as many marshmallows as smarties. What proportion of the bag of sweets are smarties?
Give your answer in its simplest form.
what a dum question but i got detention for not doing my hw so plz help me

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the number of smarties is x,

⇒ The number of cola bottles = 3 × number of smarties = 3 x

⇒ The number of marshmallows = 2 × number of cola bottles = 6x

Thus, the total number of sweets in the bag = x + 3x + 6x = 10 x

That is, Out of total sweets 1/10 parts in the bag = x + 3 X + 6X =10 X

The proportion of smarties in the bag = x/10x = 1/10

Answer 2

Answer:

1/6

Step-by-step explanation:

3 times more than 1 is 3, so Smarties = 1 and Cola Bottles = 3

Twice as many than 1 is 2, so Marshmallows = 2.

1 Smarties : 3 Cola Bottles : 2 Marshmallows

1 + 3 + 2 = 6

Therefore, the answer is 1/6 of the bag are smarties. not 1/10 which is what I've been seeing on this site.