Question

A fruit basket contains 9 red apples and 5 green apples. What is the ratio of the number of red apples to the total number of apples?

Answer 1

To find the ratio of the number of red apples to the total number of apples, we first need to determine the total number of apples in the basket.

The fruit basket contains:
- 9 red apples
- 5 green apples

Total number of apples = Number of red apples + Number of green apples
Total number of apples = 9 + 5 = 14

Now, we can find the ratio of red apples to the total number of apples:

\[
\text{Ratio of red apples to total apples} = \frac{\text{Number of red apples}}{\text{Total number of apples}} = \frac{9}{14}
\]

Therefore, the ratio of the number of red apples to the total number of apples is \( \frac{9}{14} \).