A box contains some brown, black and gold chocolate bars. The ratio of the number of brown chocolate bars to the number of black chocolate bars is 1 : 10. The ratio of the number of black chocolate bars to the number of gold chocolate bars is also 1 : 10. What is the ratio of the number of brown chocolate bars to the number of gold chocolate bars in the box?
Brown |
Black |
Gold |
1x1 |
10x1 |
|
|
1x10 |
10x10 |
1 u |
10 u |
100 u |
The number of black chocolate bars is the repeated identity.
LCM of 1 and 10 = 10
Brown chocolate bars : Gold chocolate bars
1 : 100
Answer(s): 1 : 100