Question

One-fourth of a salad is cucumber and three fourth of salad is tomatoes. What is the ratio of cucumbers to tomatoes in the salad?

• A. $1:4$
• B. $3:4$
• C. $1:3$
• D. $3:1$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $1:3$

A whole salad can be represented as 1.

Amount of cucumbers used for the salad
$=\frac{1}{4}$

Amount of tomatoes used for the salad
$=\frac{3}{4}$

The ratio of cucumbers to tomatoes in the salad
$=\text{Amount of cucumbers}:\text{Amount of tomatoes}$
$=\frac{1}{4}:\frac{3}{4}$
Multiplying both the sides by $4,$ we get
$=\frac{1}{4}\times 4:\frac{3}{4}\times 4$
$=1:3$