CAT 2025 Ratio, Proportion and Variation Question (Hard)

Question

The ratio of the number of coins in boxes A and B was 17 7. After 108 coins were shifted from box A to box B, this ratio became 37 20. The number of coins that needs to be shifted further from A to B, to make this ratio 1 1, is

Accepted Answer

Let the initial total number of coins in box A be 17x, since the ratio of the number of coins in boxes A and B is 17 7, the initial total number of coins in box B would be 7x. After 108 coins are shifted from box A to box B, the number of coins in box A would be 17x-108 and in box B would be 7x 108.

CAT 2025

Quantitative

Ratio, Proportion and Variation

Hard

The ratio of the number of coins in boxes A and B was 17:7. After 108 coins were shifted from box A to box B, this ratio became 37:20. The number of coins that needs to be shifted further from A to B, to make this ratio 1:1, is

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