A sports-goods shop has tennis balls of 3 colors - red, green and white. The number of white balls is 60% more than number of red balls and the number of green balls is 12.5% less than the number of white balls. If total number of balls is 120, then how many green balls are there?

A sports-goods shop has tennis balls of 3 colors - red, green and white. The number of white balls is 60% more than number of red balls and the number of green balls is 12.5% less than the number of white balls. If total number of balls is 120, then how many green balls are there? Correct Answer 42

Given:

Total number of balls = 120

Concept used:

Ratio and proportion

Calculation:

According to the question,

5 white balls = 8 red balls

7 white balls = 8 green balls

Ratio of red, green, and white balls = 5 : 7 : 8

So, green balls = 120 × 7/20

⇒ 42

∴ 42 green balls are there

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