Question

There are $54$ green apples and $30$ more red apples than green apples in a container. What is the ratio of the number of red apples to the total number of apples?

• A. $5:9$
• B. $5:14$
• C. $14:23$
• D. $23:14$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$14:23$

Here, number of green apples is $54$ and there are $30$ more red apples than green apples.

Thus number of red apples is $54+30=84$.

Hence, ratio of red to total number of apples is,

$\frac{84}{(84+54)}=\frac{14}{23}$