SOLUTION: In the eight grade class of 45 students 27 are boys so what is the ratio of boys to girls

Question 1007290: In the eight grade class of 45 students 27 are boys so what is the ratio of boys to girls
Found 2 solutions by fractalier, macston:
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If there are 45 students total and 27 are boys, then
45 - 27 = 18 are girls.
The ratio of boys to girls is

Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Total students=number of boys + number of girls
Total students=45
number of boys=27
45=27+number of girls
18=number of girls
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ratio of boys to girls=(number of boys)/(number of girls)
ratio=27/18
ratio=1.5
ANSWER: There are 1.5 boys per girl
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