SOLUTION: A bag contains some balls of which 1/4 are red. forty more balls of which 5 are red are added. if 1/5 of all the balls are red, how many balls were there originally?

Question 314848: A bag contains some balls of which 1/4 are red. forty more balls of which 5 are red are added. if 1/5 of all the balls are red, how many balls were there originally?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Originally you had balls, of them were red.
red balls and non-red balls are now added.
The total number of red balls is now
The total number of balls is .
(1/5) of the new total are red.

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Verify.
You originally had 15 red balls, and 60 total balls (15/60=1/4).
Then you added the additional balls.
You then had 20 red balls and 100 total balls (20/100=1/5).
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