Question

The ratio of tomatoes to red apples is 2:5 if the tomatoes are 20 how many red apples are there

Answer 1

Ratio=2:5
Let no. of tomatoes be=2x=20
So, no. of red apples will be =5x

Here, 2x=20
So x=20/2
x=10

Hence, 5x= 5*10=50
So, red apples are 50 in number.

Answer 2

There are 50 red apples.

Given : The ratio of tomatoes to red apples is 2:5 and there are 20 tomatoes.

To find : The number of red apples.

Solution :

We can simply solve this mathematical problem by using the following mathematical process. (our goal is calculate the number of red apples)

Here, we will be using the general arithmetic method.

Now, let the number of red apples = x

Ratio of tomatoes to red apples = 20:x

According to the data mentioned in the question,

20:x = 2:5

20/x = 2/5

2x = 20 × 5

2x = 100

x = 100/2

x = 50

Number of red apples = x = 50

(This will be considered as the final result.)

Hence, there are 50 red apples.