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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 : 1/6. How many white tennis balls did the store originally order for?

A450

B270

C225

DNone of these

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then w+45/y=6/5----------(1)

put eq (1) w=y

then after solving we will be able to found out that w=265

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Neelesh Mohanty
6 Oct, 2018 6:20 PM

initial the ratio is w/y =1 so w=y

then w+45/y=6/5----------(1)

put eq (1) w=y

then after solving we will be able to found out that w=265

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