Question

​There are 36 fruits in a basket. Out of which 8 are mangoes, 12 are bananas and the remaining are apples. Find the ratio

• mangoes to bananas
• apples to mangoes
• bananas to total number of fruits
• total number of fruits to mangoes
• apples to bananas

Answer 1

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{Total}\mathrm{number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{fruits}\mathrm{in}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{basket}=36 \\ \mathrm{Number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{mangoes}=8 \\ \mathrm{Number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{bananas}=12 \\ \mathrm{Number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{apples}=36-\left(8+12\right)=36-20=16 \\ \left(\mathrm{a}\right). \\ \frac{\mathrm{Number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{mangoes}}{\mathrm{number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{bananas}}=\frac{8}{12}=\frac{2}{3}=2:\hspace{0.17em}3 \\ \left(\mathrm{b}\right). \\ \frac{\mathrm{Number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{apples}}{\mathrm{Number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{mangoes}}=\frac{16}{8}=\frac{2}{1}=2:\hspace{0.17em}1 \\ \left(\mathrm{c}\right). \\ \frac{\mathrm{Number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{bananas}}{\mathrm{Total}\mathrm{number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{fruits}}=\frac{12}{36}=\frac{1}{3}=1:\hspace{0.17em}3 \\ \left(\mathrm{d}\right). \\ \frac{\mathrm{Total}\mathrm{number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{fruits}}{\mathrm{Number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{mangoes}}=\frac{36}{8}=\frac{9}{2}=9:\hspace{0.17em}2 \\ \left(\mathrm{e}\right). \\ \frac{\mathrm{Number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{apples}}{\mathrm{number}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{bananas}}=\frac{16}{12}=\frac{4}{3}=4:\hspace{0.17em}3 \end{gathered}$$