{"id":163561,"date":"2024-03-05T17:07:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T11:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=163561"},"modified":"2024-03-05T17:07:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T11:37:23","slug":"there-are-two-boxes-a-and-b-and-each-of-them-has-two-different-colors-of-balls-red-and-blue-total-number-of-balls-in-a-is-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/there-are-two-boxes-a-and-b-and-each-of-them-has-two-different-colors-of-balls-red-and-blue-total-number-of-balls-in-a-is-40\/","title":{"rendered":"There are two boxes A and B and each of them has two different colors of balls \u2013 red and blue. Total number of balls in A is 40%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">There are two boxes A and B and each of them has two different colors of balls \u2013 red and blue. Total number of balls in A is 40% less than that of B. If the number of red balls in A is 42 which is equal to the number of blue balls in B and the ratio of the number of red to blue balls in B is 13:7, then find the number of blue balls in A?<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30<\/b><\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">D.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 35<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">E.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 None of these<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">Sol:<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">Total number of balls in B = 20\/7 * 42 = 120 <\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">Total number of balls in A = 120 * 60\/100 = 72 <\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">Number of blue balls in A = 72 \u2013 42 = 30<\/p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two boxes A and B and each of them has two different colors of balls \u2013 red and blue. 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