Question

A fruit dessert contains rasberries and strawberries in the ratio 1:2. There are 400 g of strawberries in the dessert. a) How many grams of rasberries are there in the dessert? b) How much fruit is there altogether in the dessert?

Answer 1

a) 200 g

b) 600 g

Explanation:

Given

• Raspberry : Strawberry Ratio = 1 : 2
• Strawberry = 400 g

a) Raspberry = half of strawberry as per ratio

• 400 g / 2 = 200 g

b) Total of fruit

• 400 g + 200 g = 600 g