In a certain town, the ratio of NY Yankees fans to NY Mets fans is 3:2, and the ratio of NY Mets ...

In a certain town, 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 330 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?

Quiz

Answer/Solution

88

Steps/Work

The ratio of Yankees:Mets:Red Sox = 6:4:5
The Mets fans are 4/15 of the population.
(4/15)*330 = 88
The answer is B.

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In a certain town, the ratio of ny yankees fans to ny mets fans is : , and the ratio of ny mets fans to boston red sox fans is : . If there are 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?

Calculated Answer

88

Step by Step Solution

In order to solve problem, you must evaluate n2 * n4 / (n3 + n2 + n0 * n1).

n0 =3
n1 =2
n2 =4
n3 =5
n4 =330