Question

Box A and Box B had some paper clips in the ratio 5 : 9. Mary took 32 paper clips from Box B and put them into Box A. Both boxes then had the same number of paper clips. How many paper clips were in Box A at first?

Answer 1

Answer:

80 paper clips

Step-by-step explanation:

Let no. of paper clips be 5x and 9x respectively.

9x - 32 = 5x + 32

9x - 5x = 32 +32

4x = 64

x = 64/4 = 16

Therefore, Box A had 5x = 5*16 = 80 paper clips at first

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