SOLUTION: In a class,the ratio of the number of boysto the number of girls is 5:6.if there are 20 boys in the class,how many pupils are in the class

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Question 826594: In a class,the ratio of the number of boysto the number of girls is 5:6.if there are 20 boys in the class,how many pupils are in the class

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if the number of boys to the number of girls is , then we have

if we have , then we can calculate the number of girls







so, there is girls in the class
all together, pupils are in the class

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