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?

Answer 1

Answer: $\frac{1}{10}\text{ part of total sweets}$

Step-by-step explanation:

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 = 6 x

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

⇒ $\text{The proportion of smarties in the bag} = \frac{x}{10x}= \frac{1}{10}$

That is, Out of total sweets 1/10 part of sweets are smarties.

Answer 2

Answer:

the answer is actually 1/6

Step-by-step explanation:

idk its just 1/6 the guy who said its 1/10 is wrong