Question

Number of chocolates Ram and Lakshman has is in the ratio 8:9. The difference in the number of chocolates is 6. How many chocolates do they have in total? ​

Answer 1

Step 1: Given data

The ratio of the number of chocolates that Ram and Lakshman have$=8:9$

The difference in the number of chocolates that both have$=6$

Step 2: Calculating the total number of chocolates

Let the common ratio be $x$

$\therefore$ As per the given data,

$9x=8x=6\\x=6$

Thus,

the number of chocolates that Ram has$=8x=8\times6=48$

Similarly,

the number of chocolates that Lakshaman has$=9x=9\times6=54$

$\therefore$Total number of chocolates$=48+54=102$

Hence, the total number of chocolates that they both have is $102$ chocolates.

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