A bag contains 16 white golf balls and 8 striped golf balls. A golfer wants to add 132 golf balls to the bag. He wants the ratio of white to striped golf balls to remain the same. How many of each should he add?

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2 answers

present ratio of white :striped = 16:8 = 2:1

white added = x
striped added = 132-x

(16 + x)/(8 + 132-x) = 2/1
16+x = 16 + 264 - 2x
3x = 264
x = 88

he should add 8 whites and 44 whites

check:
new whites = 16+88 = 104
new stripes = 8+44 = 52

104:52 = 2:1
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