What is the ratio of the green bens to the total number of beans where the number of green beans is 4times more than the number of red beans?
reds ---- x
greens --- 4x
total ---- 5x
ratio of greens to total
= 4x : 5x
= 4 : 5
what fraction of the total number of beans are red beans?
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See Reiny's figures above.
To find the ratio of the number of green beans to the total number of beans, we first need to determine the relationship between the number of green beans and the number of red beans.
Let's assume that the number of red beans is represented by "x."
Given that the number of green beans is 4 times more than the number of red beans, we can express the number of green beans as 4x.
The total number of beans is the sum of the number of green beans and the number of red beans. Therefore, the total number of beans is x (red beans) + 4x (green beans) = 5x.
So, the ratio of the number of green beans to the total number of beans can be calculated as 4x (green beans) / 5x (total number of beans).
Simplifying the ratio, we get 4/5.
Therefore, the ratio of the green beans to the total number of beans is 4:5.