Question

In a fruit salad, there are 12 strawberries, 14 grapes, 6 kiwis, and 4 papayas. Find the ratio of kiwis to the total number of pieces of fruit in the fruit salad. Write the ratio as a fraction in the SIMPLEST FORM.

Answer 1

1:6

Explanation:

you start out with 6:36 which simplifies to 1:6

6 represents the number of kiwi and 36 represents the number of total fruits

then you divide both numbers by 6

and end up with 1:6

hope this helps

Answer 2

1:6

this is because 6 kiwis + 30 fruits = 36 fruits. Then you have 6 kiwis and 36 fruits. therefore the ratio is 6:36. when you simplify , it becomes 1:6