9. There are only red beads and green beads in a bag. The ratio of the number of red beads to the number of green beads is 5:9 (a) What fraction of the beads are red?

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Rbaleksandar · Answer 1 · 2022-05-25T06:33:04+0000

Answer:

Assume there are 5x red beads and 9x green beads

Total no. of beads = 5x+9x = 14x

Fraction of beads that are red = 5x out of 14x

or 5/14