Question

A restaurant has two sizes of milkshakes, small and regular. The ratio of small milkshakes purchased to regular milkshakes purchased is 14 to 6. What percent of milkshakes purchased are small?

Answer 1

Answer:

70%

Step-by-step explanation:

the ratio is 14 to 6 so if you have 14 small milkshakes you would also have 6 regular milkshakes

to find a percentage we can buff up the ratio to add up to 100

14 + 6 = 20

100 / 20 = 5

that means we must multiply each side by 5

14 * 5 = 70

6 * 5 = 30

the ratio is now 70 to 30

you would have 70% of milkshakes that are small