Question

A box of 42 chocolates contains milk and dark chocolates in the ratio of 3:4. How many chocolates of each type there are?

Answer 1

Answer:The number of milk chocolates are 18 and the number of dark chocolates are 24.

Explanation:

Let the number of milk chocolates be
`m`.

Let the number of dark chocolates be
`d`.

Given that the box contains the milk and dark chocolates in the ratio
`3:4`.

So,
`(m)/(d)=(3)/(4)` ...(i)

Given that the total number of chocolates are
`42`.

So,
`m+d=42`. ...(ii)

Using (i) and (ii),

`m+(4)/(3)m=42`

`(7)/(3)m=42`

`m=18`

`d=(4)/(3)m=(4)/(3)* 18=24`

So,the number of milk chocolates are
`18` and the number of dark chocolates are
`24`.