In an ice cream shop, the ratio of the number of chocolate ice creams sold to the number of vanilla ice cream sold is 1: 4. If 48 vanilla ice creams were sold, how many chocolate ice creams were sold?
A)14
B)10
C)12
D)16
Correct Answer:
C
Solution :
If x is the number of chocolate ice creams sold then \[\frac{1}{4}=\frac{x}{48}\Rightarrow x=12.\]