Question

1. Jerry's Ice Cream Hut had Chocolate or Vanilla shakes.

On the 4th of July they sold 112 shakes total with the ratio
of chocolate to vanilla being 2:6. How many chocolate shak
es did they sell?

Answer 1

chocolate: 28 shakes

vanilla: 84 shakes

(3/4)×112=84

Explanation:

simple the total ratio is 8

Chocolate is 2/8=1/4

vanilla is 6/8=3/4

thus

(1/4)×112= 28

(3/4)×112=84