Question

If all the beads in a jar are either orange or purple and the ratio of orange to purple beads is 6 to 5, what is the ratio of the following:
a. purple to orange
b. purple to all beads
c. all beads to orange
Please help ASAP on all 3 parts!!! :(

Answer 1

number of orange : number of purple = 6x : 5x = 6 : 5

so purple to orange = 5 : 6
purple : all = 5x : 11x = 5 : 11
all : orange = 11x : 6x = 11 : 6

Why did you find this difficult?

Answer 2

Well because I was a little confused at first on whether I had to write the answer as a fraction or as a ratio! But now I understand that it has to be written as a ratio! :)