2020 4marks Nan Hua P6 Paper2 SA2

P6 / Nan Hua / 2020 / SA2 Prelims / Paper 2 – Q09 [4 marks]

Question:

A basket contained red, blue and yellow balls only. The ratio of the number of red balls to the number of blue balls is 4 : 3. The ratio of the number of blue balls to the number of yellow balls is 2 : 3.
a) Find the ratio of the number of yellow balls to the number of red balls.
b) After 15 yellow balls were removed, 30% of the remaining balls were yellow. How many balls were left in the basket?

Solution:

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