SOLUTION: A sack of contains 53 red and white balls.of these 17 balls are red and what is the fraction of white balls in that sack?

SOLUTION: A sack of contains 53 red and white balls.of these 17 balls are red and what is the fraction of white balls in that sack?

Algebra.Com

Question 997786: A sack of contains 53 red and white balls.of these 17 balls are red and what is the fraction of white balls in that sack?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If there are 17 red balls, there must be 53-17 = 36 white balls.
The fraction of all the balls that are white is
36/53
RELATED QUESTIONS
A box contains 4 red balls, 6 black balls, 8 blue balls and 12 white balls. What... (answered by macston)

A box contains 4 white balls and 3 red balls. Three balls are drawn from the box without (answered by Boreal)

You are going to draw 3 balls from the sack containing, 7 red balls,5 green balls, and 4... (answered by ikleyn)

If you are going to be drawing 3 balls from a sack containing 4 red balls, 3 green balls... (answered by ikleyn)

A bag contains three black balls,four white balls and five red balls.Three balls are... (answered by ikleyn)

A box contains 20 balls out which 7 are white balls, 5 are black balls, 6 are red balls... (answered by Boreal)

There are 8 blue balls, 8 yellow balls and 8 red balls of the same type inside a sack.... (answered by ikleyn)

An urn contains 3 red and 2 white numbered balls. A sample of 2 balls is randomly chosen. (answered by stanbon)

A box contains 12 red balls and 8 white balls. Two balls are drawn in succession. Find... (answered by flame8855)