AubinI116535 AubinI116535
  • 03-11-2022
  • Mathematics
contestada

Ratio of boys to girls is 6 to 5. If there are 60 girls how many boys are there?

Respuesta :

DavelleB730392 DavelleB730392
  • 03-11-2022

Given that

There are 60 girls and the ratio of boys to girls is 6:5.

Explanation -

Let the boys be b.

Then the ratio can be represented in fraction form as

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{b}{g}=\frac{6}{5} \\ \frac{b}{60}=\frac{6}{5} \\ b=\frac{6}{5}\times60=6\times12=72 \\ So\text{ there are 72 boys.} \end{gathered}[/tex]Hence, the final answer is 72.
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

A(n) _____ chart is drawn on the same worksheet as the data.
In the following sentence, what is the antecedent of the pronoun she? After she went to the market, Mrs. Wilton had to pick up her daughter at dance class. Mr
read the sentence. the forgery ________ so exquisite that it hung in the museum for the past two decades without discovery. which verb or verb phrase is in the
the quotient of a number and 35 is 100
28 is 40% of what number?
What happens to a gas when its temperature decreases?
Different ____________ are assigned to track multiple reviewers of a document. a. shapes c. colors b. numbers d. fonts
why did the south secede from the union?
At midnight, the temperature was 31.2°F. In the morning, the temperature was −6.7°F. Which statement describes the temperatures? At midnight, the temperature w
What is best term to describe the smallest meaningful parts of words? a. prefixes b. roots c. morphemes d. suffixes