SOLUTION: Please if someone could help me. I really don't understand how this problem comes out to be: 17 to 57. One group (A) contains 136 people. One-fourth of the people in group A wi

Question 960149: Please if someone could help me.
I really don't understand how this problem comes out to be: 17 to 57.
One group (A) contains 136 people. One-fourth of the people in group A will be selected to win free tickets to a concert. There is another group (B) in a nearby town that will receive the same number of tickets, but there are 376 people in that group. What will be the ratio of non-winners in group A to non-winners in group B after the selections are made? Reduce your answer.

Thank you!!
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Total winners in A:
Total non-winners in A :
Total non-winners in B :
So the ratio is,

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