Convert Ratio 1:10 to Percentage: Beverage Distribution Problem

Question

In a grocery store, the ratio of carbonated drinks to all beverages is $1:10$ ,
what percentage of all beverages are carbonated drinks?

We need to find the percentage of beverages that are carbonated drinks given the ratio $1:10$ .

This ratio $1:10$ indicates that for every 1 part of carbonated drinks, there are 10 parts of all beverages.

Step 1: Express the ratio as a fraction: $\frac{1}{10}$ .
Step 2: Convert the fraction to a percentage by multiplying by 100: $\frac{1}{10} \times 100 = 10\%$ .

Therefore, the percentage of all beverages that are carbonated drinks is $10\%$ .

$10\%$