SOLUTION: A basket contains green, black and blue balls in the ratio 5:2:1. If there are 10 blue balls, find the corresponding new ratio when 10 green and 10 black balls are removed from the

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Question 859047: A basket contains green, black and blue balls in the ratio 5:2:1. If there are 10 blue balls, find the corresponding new ratio when 10 green and 10 black balls are removed from the basket.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
green, black and blue balls in the ratio 5:2:1
Basket originally contains 8x balls: 5x green, 2x black and x blue
If there are 10 blue balls (x = 10)
Basket originally contains 80 balls: 50 green, 20 black and 10 blue
10 green and 10 black balls are removed
Then
Basket originally contains 60 balls: 40 green, 10 black and 10 blue
and ratio is: 4:1:1
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