A sporting goods store ordered an equal number of white and yellow balls.The tennis ball company delivered 45 extra white balls,making the ratio of white balls to yellow balls 1/5 :1/6how many white balls did the store originally order for?a)450 b)270 c)225 d)none of these

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• Apr 1st, 2010

Given ratio is of white and yellow balls and it is 1/5:1/6.=> 6:5=> Therefore the total balls are in 11 parts.=> so the total balls delivered must be divided by 11.=> From the answers 450 + 45 is divided by 11, so the answer is a=>450

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• Dec 30th, 2009

Let there is x no of each ball, when 45 white ball is added total number of white ball = x+45 now accordingly               x+45x=...

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