Question

Bag A has 20% more red balls than bag

B. If 5 red balls were transferred from
bag A to bag B, there will be the same
number of red balls in the two bags. How
many red balls were initially in the bag
B?

Answer 1

Answer: the answer is 50

Explanation:

Answer 2

50

Explanation:

Let a = number of balls in bag A.

Let b = number of balls in bag B.

a = 1.2b

a - 5 = b + 5

1.2b - 5 = b + 5

0.2b = 10

b = 50

Answer: 50