Question

three sacks of potatoes and 2 sacks of onions weigh 70 lbs. 4 sacks of potatoes weigh 80 lbs. what is the ratio of the weight of onions to the weight of potatoes?

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer is 1:4

Step-by-step explanation:

Here 4 sacks of potatoes weighs 80lbs

so, weight of per sack of potatoes is 20 lbs

Also 3 sack of potatoes would weigh 60lbs and 2 sack of onions would weigh 10 lbs to together weigh as 70 lbs as given

So weigh of 1 sack of onion is 5 lbs

So the ratio of the weight of onions to the weight of potatoes is 5:20 i. e. 1:4

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