Question

Priya is mixing drops of food coloring to create purple frosting for a cake. She uses 24 drops of red dye and 16 drops of blue dye. Find the ratio of drops of red dye to total drops of dye. Express as a simplified ratio.

Answer 1

Priya uses 24 drops of red dye,

She also uses 16 drops of blue dye,

`\begin{gathered} \text{Total drops of dye=}24+16 \\ =40\text{drops of dye} \end{gathered}`

We are told to find the ratio of drops of red dye to the total drops dye.

`=\frac{\text{red drops of dye}}{\text{total drops of dye}}`
`\begin{gathered} =(24)/(40)=(3)/(5) \\ =3\colon5 \end{gathered}`

Hence, the ratio of drops of red die to the total drops of die to the simplest rato is

3 : 5.