Answer:
the number of silver medals won by Brazil is 14
Step-by-step explanation:
The computation of the number of silver medals won by Brazil is shown below:
Given that
Total number of gold and silver medal wons by Brazil was 35
And, the ratio of number of gold medals to the number of silver medals be 3 : 2
Based on the above information
The number of silver medals won would be
= 35 × 2 ÷ (3 + 2)
= 35 × 2 ÷ 5
= 14
hence, the number of silver medals won by Brazil is 14
