SOLUTION: At camp last summer, the ratio of boys to girls was 5:4. If there was a total of 90 campers, how many boy campers were there?
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Question 957351: At camp last summer, the ratio of boys to girls was 5:4. If there was a total of 90 campers, how many boy campers were there?
Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ratio of 5:4 means that for every 5+4=9 campers, 5/9 are boys and 4/9 are girls
Soooooo
(5/9)*90=50 boys
hope this helps------ptaylor
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