Question

Item 19 A sports store donates basketballs and soccer balls to the boys and girls club. The ratio of basketballs to soccer balls is 7 : 6. The store donates 24 soccer balls. How many basketballs does the store donate? The store donates basketballs. Item 19 A sports store donates basketballs and soccer balls to the boys and girls club. The ratio of basketballs to soccer balls is 7 : 6. The store donates 24 soccer balls. How many basketballs does the store donate? The store donates basketballs.

Answer 1

28 soccer balls.

Explanation:

Let there are 7x basketball and 6x soccer balls.

A sports store donates basketballs and soccer balls to the boys and girls club.

The store donates 24 soccer balls.

It means,

6x = 24

x = 4

No of basketballs = 7x

= 7(4)

= 28

Hence, the store denote 28 soccer balls.