Question

A jar navy beans and white beans in a ratio of 1:9, and 90 of the beans are navy beans how many beans in total are there in the jar

Answer 1

There are 900 total beans. 

Answer 2

Given that in the jar, navy beans and white beans in a ratio of 1:9. Let the amount of navy beans be
`x`.

Then, the amount of white beans in the jar is
`9x`.

Given that amount of navy beans is
`x=90`.

Total amount of beans in the jar is
`x+9x=10x =10*90=900`.