Question

in a basket there are 48red and purple balls if the ratio of the number of purple balls to the no of red balls 2:6 find the no of balls of eacg colour in the basket

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the no. of balls be x.

So no. of red balls = 2x

And no. of purple balls = 6x

Total no. of balls = 48

∴ 2x + 6x = 48

8x = 48

x = 48/8

x = 6

No. of red balls = 2(6) = 12

No. of purple balls = 6(6) = 36