Question

A restaurant sells 3 times as many white potatoes as sweet potatoes. What is the ratio of sweet potatoes to white potatoes?

0 to 3
3 to 0
1 to 3
3 to 1

Answer 1

If the restaurant sells 3 times as many white potatoes as sweet potatoes, we can set the quantity of sweet potatoes as \( x \) and the quantity of white potatoes as \( 3x \).

To find the ratio of sweet potatoes to white potatoes, we express this as:

\[
\text{Ratio} = \frac{\text{sweets}}{\text{whites}} = \frac{x}{3x}
\]

This simplifies to:

\[
\frac{1}{3}
\]

Hence, the ratio of sweet potatoes to white potatoes is \( 1 \) to \( 3 \).

The correct answer is:

**1 to 3**.