Question

While at a picnic, 42 adults drank iced tea, 24 adults drank bottled water, and 36 adults drank lemonade. What's the ratio, as a simplified fraction, of the number of adults who drank iced tea to the number of adults who drank either water or lemonade? A. 6⁄11 B. 4⁄13 C. 7⁄17 D. 7⁄10

Answer 1

42 drank iced tea

60 drank either water or lemonade

So the ratio would be 42:60 or 7/10 as a fraction.

So D is the correct answer

Answer 2

D.
`(7)/(10)`

Explanation:

Given,

Number of adults who drank iced tea = 42,

Bottled water = 24,

And, Lemonde = 36,

Thus, the total number of adults who drank either water or lemonade = 24 + 36 = 60

Hence, the ratio of adults who drank drank iced tea and who drank either water or lemonade

`=\frac{\text{Adults who drank iced tea}}{\text{Adults who drank either water or lemonade}}`

`=(42)/(60)`

Since, the HCF(42,60) = 6,

`=(42/ 6)/(60/ 6)`

`=(7)/(10)`

Option 'D' is correct.