SOLUTION: In a class the number of boys is 40% more than that of girls. What is the ratio between the number of girls and that of boys?
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Question 895429: In a class the number of boys is 40% more than that of girls. What is the ratio between the number of girls and that of boys?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of boys
Let = number of girls
given:
(1)
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Find
(1)
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answer
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