Question

Ratio of the number of corn tortillas to the number of flour is 4:6. What is the ratio of the number of flour tortillas to the total number of tortillas

Answer 1

Answer:

• The ratio of the number of flour tortillas to the total number of tortillas is: 6:10, which is equivalent to 3:5.

Explanation:

First, let's make clear that the correct wording is that the ratio of the number of corn tortillas to the number of flour tortillas is 4:6.

From that, you must determine the ratio of the number of flour tortillas to the total number of tortillas.

You can do it with the help of a chart that you can build from the ratio of the number of corn tortillas to to the number of flour tortillas:

       # Corn tortillas       # Flour tortillas       #Total tortillas

                 4                               6                           10

Now, the ratio of the number of flour tortillas to the number of total tortillas is:

• Ratio of the numberr of flour tortillas to the total number of tortillas, r:

              r =  # flour tortillas / # total tortillas = 6:10

That ratio may be simplified by dividing by the greatest common divisor of 6 and 10, which is 2:

• Ratio = 6:10 = 3:5.