Question

2/3 of the pens in a box are blue. 1.2 of them are black. The rest of them are red. There are 36 more blue pens than red pens. How many pens are there altogether? Also explain please, will make brainliest on the best answer.

Answer 1

For every 5 red = to 15 blue 5:15

Answer 2

Answer:

Option B. For every 5 red pens, there are 15 blue pens.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement expressed the ratio of the red pens to the total as 1 : 4.

This means that for every red pen in the box, there are 4 blue pens.

So, statement A is correct.

Let's skip B an look at other statements as well:

For C, the ratio will be 15 : 60 which translates to 1 : 4. So C is true.

Let's look at D.

This is an interesting one. The problem defines 18 as blue. So it means that 24 - 18 = 6

6 pens will be blue. Again 6 : 24 gives us 1 : 4. So D is true.

B gives us 5 : 24 which is not true.