Algebra Homework

Question

Jo anne is twice as likely to select a baseball card as a basketball card from a stack of playing cards.  which of the following could be the number of each type of card in the stack

 

a.) 20 baseball cards and 40 basketball cards

b.) 20 baseball cards and 10 basketball cards

c.) 20 baseball cards and 30 basketball cards

d.) 20 baseball cards and 2 basketball cards

Answer 1

If she is twice as likely to select a baseball card, then there must be twice as many baseball cards as basketball cards.