Question

At a store, there is a display of 240 boxes of cereal. of the 240 boxes, 3/5 are brand A and 2/5 are brand B. How many boxes of brand B cereal must be added so that the display has 1/2 of each brand?

Answer 1

240(3/5) = 144
240(2/5) = 96

144-96 = 48

48 boxes must be added