Question

Kim has a bag of yo-yos. Some of the yo-yos are red. The rest are yellow. The ratio of the number of red yo-yos to the number of yellow yo-yos is 5 : 9. If kim has a total of b yo-yos, how many more yellow yo-yos than red yo-yos are there?

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Answer 1

yellow - red = 9 / 14b - 5 / 14b = 4 / 14b = 2 / 7b there are ( 2/7 ) b more yellow than red

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Answer 2

5+9=total=14

14=total=b
5/14 of them are red
9/14 are yellow
yellow-red=9/14b-5/14b=4/14b=2/7b

there are (2/7)b more yellow than red