Question

Sasha is ordering balloons for a party. She wants to have a red and blue balloons with a ratio of 6 red

to 10 blue. If she wants to purchase 300 balloons total, how many red balloons will she need to
purchase?

Answer 1

112.5 Red balloons

Explanation:

6:10

We can set up a proportion to solve

6/6+10=6/16

6/16=x/300

16x=300*6

16x=1800

x=112.5