During a paint sale, a hardware store sold 33 gallon of paint and 57 gallons of high- gloss paint. What is the ratio of gallons of high-gloss sold to the total gallons sold?
A. 33:57
B. 33:90
C. 57:33
D. 57:90
C, the number of high- gloss paint is 57 and the number of gallons sold is 37. Therefore it is 57:33
Jake is wrong. The question asks for the ration of high gloss paint to the TOTAL gallons sold.
Sorry about that, Ms.Sue is right.
To find the ratio of gallons of high-gloss paint sold to the total gallons sold, you need to add the two quantities together and then express the ratio between them.
The total gallons sold is the sum of the gallons of paint and the gallons of high-gloss paint: 33 + 57 = 90.
So, the ratio of gallons of high-gloss paint sold to the total gallons sold is 57:90.
Therefore, the correct answer is D. 57:90.