Explanation:
Question formulation: A boy has a bag of red and blue PET caps, 60 red caps and 40 blue caps, which amount to a total of 100 caps. what is the ratio of the red caps to the total caps in the bag?
Answer
Given
red caps= 60
blue caps= 40
total caps= 60+40= 100
ratio of red to total caps= red:total = 60:100
= 60/100= 6/10
= 6:10