Question

John is collecting white and red balls in a bag. He puts in 3 white balls followed by 2 red balls. He repeats

collecting the balls in the same order until he has 120 balls in the bag. How many red balls did John collect? PLZ HELP worth alot of points!!!!!!!!
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Answer 1

John had collected 48 red balls

Step-by-step explanation:

Given John is collecting white and red balls in a bag

The sequence of putting the bag is: 3 White balls followed by 2 red balls

Number of times the balls were put in the bag is determined by:

No. of times =
`(120)/(3+2)=(120)/(5)=24 \text { times }`

Total number of red balls put in a bag = 24 × 2 = 48

Therefore, John had collected 48 red balls