SOLUTION: there are 25 students in Ms sally class .If the ratio of boys to girls is 2:3 how many boys and girls are there in miss sally's class ?

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Question 432128: there are 25 students in Ms sally class .If the ratio of boys to girls is 2:3 how many boys and girls are there in miss sally's class ?
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Hi
25 students in Ms sally class
Let x and (25-x) represent th enumber of girls and boys respectively
Question states***
|Cross Multiplying
2x = 3(25-x)
5x = 75
x = 15, number of girsls. There are 10 boys
CHECKING our Answer***
10/15 = 2/3
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