Question

stephanie has 3 gallons of black paint, 3 of blue, and 4 of white paint what is the part - to - whole ratio of black paint to total paint

Answer 1

the amount of paints are,

black = 3 gallons

blue = 3 gallons

white = 4 gallons

total paints = 3 + 3 + 4 = 10 gallons,

ratio of black paint to total paint is,

= 3/10

= 3 : 10

thus, the ratio is 3 : 10