Question

There are 48 cards in a pack and each card is either red or black.the ratio of the number of red cards to the number of black cards is 1:1.
8 red cards are removed from the pack
find the ratio of the number of red cards now in the pack to the number of black cards now in the pack

Answer 1

Answer:

2:3

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that there are 24 red and black cards in the 48 pack because their ratio is 1:1. When 8 red cards are removed we have 16 red and 24 black cards. The ratio of this is 16:24 which simplifies to 2:3.