Question

The ratio of red to greens was 5 to 16 and six times the number of reds exceeded the number of greens by 112. How many were red and how many were green?

Answer 1

Red is 'R' while Green is "G"
from the ratio, 5R = 16 G
and the second equation is 6R = G +112
Lets solve for G in the 2nd equation ----> G = 6R -112
Plug the G value into the first equation ----> 5R = 16(6R -112) -->R = 19.69
Plug the R value into the second equation to get G-----> G = 6.14