Question

There are two containers each having balls of two colours green and red. The ratio of green balls to red balls in the first container is 2:3 and in the second container is 2:1. N balls are randomly picked from the first container and transferred to second container. The ratio of green balls to red balls in the second container now becomes 1:1. However, the ratio of balls in the first container remains 2:3.

Answer 1

Q1. if N=10, what is the original number of balls in the second container

a 6

b 10

c 16

Q2. if the number of balls in the first container is 25, find the value of N for which the final number of balls in the second container becomes 24

a 5

b 10

c 15