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A drawer, filled with only red and blue

socks, contains 20 socks. If John adds
one blue and one red sock to the drawer,
the ratio of red to blue socks in the drawer
will increase. What is the greatest number
of red socks that could originally have
been in the drawer?

1 Answer

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Red and blue
20:1

I’m sorry if I get this wrong