Question

Ms groves had trays of paint each tray has five colors one of the colors is purple.what fraction of the colors in 20 trays is purple

Answer 1

`(1)/(5)`

Explanation:

Given : Ms groves had trays of paint each tray has five colors one of the colors is purple

To Find:. What fraction of the colors in 20 trays is purple

Solution:

Since each tray contains 5 colors

So, 20 tray contains no. of colors = 20*5

=100

Now we are also given that 1 out of five color is purple

So, each tray contain no. of purple color = 1

So, 20 tray contains purple color = 20*1 = 20

So, the fraction of the colors in 20 trays is purple :

`=\frac{\text{No. of purple colors in 20 trays}}{\text{Total No. of colors in 20 trays}}`

`=(20)/(100)`

`=(1)/(5)`

Thus the
`(1)/(5)` fraction of the colors in 20 trays is purple

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

`(4)/(20) = (1)/(5)`.

Explanation:
Since 1 out of 5 trays are purple, this means the fraction is
`(1)/(5)`.
However, to find the number of trays out of 20, we multiply 20 by
`(1)/(5)`:
20*
`(1)/(5)`=
`(20)/(1) * (1)/(5) = (20)/(5) = 4`.