Question

The ratio of red apples to green apples is 3:8. If there are 22 apples in the basket, how many of them are red?

A) 6

B) 8

C) 9

D) 14

Answer 1

The ratio of red apples to green apples is 3:8. There are 6 red apples in the basket.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio of red apples to green apples is 3:8. This means that for every 3 red apples, there are 8 green apples.

To find how many of the 22 apples are red, we can set up a proportion:

3/8 = x/22

Cross-multiplying, we get:

8x = 3 * 22

Dividing both sides by 8, we find that:

x = 3 * 22 / 8 = 6.75

Since we can't have a fractional part of an apple, we round down to 6. Therefore, there are 6 red apples in the basket.