SOLUTION: Hello Tutor, Thank you for taking your time to help me with my geometry. I really only need to know how to start this question. If you have it on file, it tells you to give a g

Question 94239: Hello Tutor,
Thank you for taking your time to help me with my geometry. I really only need to know how to start this question. If you have it on file, it tells you to give a guess and check table, but my teacher told us not to use it. The ratio of boys to girls is 6:7 in high school. If there are 1,352 students, how many are girls and how many are boys in this high school?
The ISBN is 1-885145-53-5. It is a second edition Geometry textbook. The question is PR-31 in chapter 0.
Thanks again,
Mily
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio of boys to girls is 6:7 in high school. If there are 1,352 students, how many are girls and how many are boys in this high school?
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6:7 is the same as 6x:7x where 6x is the # of boys and 7x is the # of girls.
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EQUATION:
6x + 7x = 1352
13x = 1352
x = 104
6x = 624 is the # of boys
7x= 728 is the # of girls.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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