Question

If there are nine marbles in a bag and 4 are red and 5 are blue, what is the ratio of red to blue?

Answer 1

ANSWER:  

The ratio of red to blue marbles in bag is 4 : 5.

SOLUTION:

Given that, there are nine marbles in a bag. And 4 are red marbles and 5 are blue marbles.

We need to find what is the ratio of red marbles to the blue marbles

According to the given information,

Number of red marbles in the bag = 4

Number of blue marbles  in the bag = 5

Now,  we can find the ratio of red marbles in the bag

Ratio of red marbles in the bag to blue marbles in the bag is given by

Number of red marbles in bag : number of blue marbles in bag = 4 : 5

Hence, the ratio of red to blue marbles in bag is 4 : 5

Answer 2

Answer:

4:5

Step-by-step explanation:

Since there are nine marbles in the bag, and 4 are red and 5 are blue, then you know that the ratio to red and blue is 4:5