Question

Kabir’s mother makes tea by mixing 1 spoon of tea leaves and 3 spoon of sugar. Represent each of the ingredients used in the tea as percentage.

• A. 25% & 75%
• B. 35% & 65%
• C. 15% & 85%
• D. 25% & 65%

Answer 1

The correct option is A 25% & 75%

Representing ingredients used in the tea as ratio, we get
tea leaves : sugar = 1 : 3
Now, the total number of parts = 3+1
= 4.

Thus, percentage of tea leaves
$=\frac{1}{4}\times 100\%=\frac{100}{4}\%=25\%$

The percentage of sugar
$=\frac{3}{4}\times 100\%=\frac{300}{4}\%=75\%$

Hence, percentage of tea leaves and sugar would be 25% and 75% respectively.