Question

The Red Team outscored the Blue Team, 5:3, last basketball season. The Blue Team scored 75 points. How many points did the Red Team score?

Answer 1

Answer:

red team : blue team = 5 : 3

x : 75 = 5 : 3

[tex]\frac{x}{75} = \frac{5}{3} \\ x = \frac{75 * 5}{3}\\ x = 125[/tex]

Answer 2

Answer:

let 5:3 be 5x and 3x

A/Q

3x=75

so,x=75/3

=25

x=25

NOW, 5x= 5*25

=125

so, we got that red team scored 125 points while the blue team scored 75 .

Final Answer=Red team scored 125 points