Problema Solution

One group (A) contains 175 people. One-fifth of the people in group A will be selected to win free tickets to a concert. There is another group (B) in a nearby town that will receive the same number of tickets, but there are 585 people in that group. What will be the ratio of non-winning players in group A to non-winners in group B after the selections are made?

Answer provided by our tutors

175*(1/5) = 35

Number of non-winning players in group A = 175-35 = 140

Number of non-winning players in group B = 585-35 = 550

140/550 = 14/55

So the raio of non-winning players in group A to non-winners in group B after the selections are made is 14/55