Question

There are only red counters and blue counters in a bag

in the bag
the number of red counters: the number of blue counters = 5.7
What fraction of the counters in the bag are red?​

Answer 1

`Red\ Fraction = (5)/(12)`

Explanation:

Given

`Red:Blue = 5 : 7`

Required

Determine the fraction of red

To do this, we make use of:

`Red\ Fraction = (Red)/(Red + Blue)`

This gives:

`Red\ Fraction = (5)/(5+7)`

`Red\ Fraction = (5)/(12)`