SOLUTION: the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a school is 7:9. If there are 1248 students in the school, how many girls are there?

Question 948612: the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a school is 7:9. If there are 1248 students in the school, how many girls are there?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the ratio of boys to girls is 7:9, 7/16 of the school is boys and 9/16 is girls.
The percentage of girls is (9/16)(100%)=(0.5625)(100%)=56.25%
If the total number of students is 1248, the number of girls is (0.5625)(1248)=702
ANSWER: The number of girls is 702.
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