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?

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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