Question

In a certain town in Connecticut, the ratio of NY Yankees fans to NY Mets fans is 3:2, and the ratio of NY Mets fans to Boston Red Sox fans is 4:5. If there are 300 baseball fans in the town, each of whom is a fan of exactly one of those three teams, how many NY Mets fans are there in this town

Answer 1

NY Mets fans are there in this town is: 120

Explanation:

Given:

NY Yankees : NY Mets

3 2

NY Mets : Boston Red Sox

4 5

<=> NY Yankees : NY Mets : Boston Red Sox

12 8 10

So we have totally 20 equal units in 300 baseball fans in the town

<=> 1 equal unit = 300/20 = 15

The number of NY Mets fans are there in this town is:

= 8 equal units * 15

= 120 people.