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  • 03-11-2022
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Ratio of boys to girls is 6 to 5. If there are 60 girls how many boys are there?

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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.
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