Mandla has 15 sweets and 5 chocolates in a basket. If she takes 5 sweets out of the baskets, what is the ratio (in its simplest form)of the number of chocolates to the number of sweets left in basket?

After taking out 5 sweets, Mandla will have 10 sweets and 5 chocolates left in the basket.

The ratio of chocolates to sweets left in the basket is 5:10, which simplifies to 1:2.

Therefore, the ratio of the number of chocolates to the number of sweets left in the basket is 1:2.

Number of sweets left in the basket = 15 - 5 = 10

Therefore, the ratio of the number of chocolates to the number of sweets left in the basket = 5 : 10 = 1 : 2