A sporting goods store sold 2.5 times as many footballs as basketballs last year. Which statement is true? The ratio of footballs to basketballs is 2 : 5. If a total of 35 footballs and basketballs were sold, 10 of them were footballs. There were 5 footballs sold for every 2 basketballs. The ratio of basketballs to footballs is 5 : 2.