Question
There are 20% as many gold balls as red balls in Hilda's collection of balls. The number of brown balls is 45% fewer than the number of red balls. There are 315 more brown balls than gold balls.
  1. Find the total number of balls in the collection.
  2. What percentage are the number of red balls as compared to the number of brown balls? Leave your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
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There are 20% as many gold balls as red balls in Hilda's collection of balls. The number of brown balls is 45% fewer than the number of red balls. There are 315 more brown balls than gold balls.
  1. Find the total number of balls in the collection.
  2. What percentage are the number of red balls as compared to the number of brown balls? Leave your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.