Question

A shop sold small and large tin fish in the ratio 2:3 if 600 small tinned fish sold how many large tinned fish were sold??and find the total number of tinned fish sold by the shop???​

Answer 1

900 Large Fish

1500 Fish Total

Explanation:

The 2:3 ratio means that for every 2 small fish sold, 3 large fish are sold.

We can divide 600 by 2 and then multiply by 3 to find our answer.

`3((600)/(2) )`

`3(300)`

`900`

To check our answer, we can put it into the form of a fraction and see if it simplifies back to that ratio.

`(600)/(900) /(300)/(300) =(2)/(3)`

We have confirmed 900 is the correct number of large fish. To answer the second part of the question we just have to add the two numbers together.

`600+900=1500`

So, our two answers are

900 Large Fish

1500 Fish Total