Question

There are 48 cards in a pack and each card is either red or black. The ratio of the number of number of black cards is

1 : 1.

8 red cards are removed from the pack.

Find the ratio of the number of red cards now in the pack to the number of black cards now in the pack.

Give your answer in its simplest form.

Thanks

Answer 1

2:3

Explanation:

There are 48 cards. 8 are removed. There are now 40 cards. 24 are black, 16 are red. 16:24 can be simplified to 2:3