Question:
Red and white erasers are both placed in box A and box B. Box A has as many erasers as box B. The ratio of the number of red erasers to the number of white erasers in box A is 3 : 2 and in box B, it is 7 : 8. What is the ratio of the total number of red erasers to the total number of white erasers?
Solution:
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