Question

A bag contains 10 white golf balls and 6 striped golf balls. A golfer wants to add 112 golf balls to the bag. He wants the ratio of white to striped golf blls to stay the same. How mant of each should he add?

Answer 1

Ratio 10:6
so 10+6 = 16

112/16 =7

white balls: 10 * 7 = 70
striped balls: 6 * 7 = 42

Answer: he needs to add 70 white balls and 42 striped balls to keep the same ratio 10:6