SOLUTION: THe grade 6 pupils of a school are divided equally into Team A and Team B. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Team A is 2:1 and in Team B it is 4:11. What is

Question 1013358: THe grade 6 pupils of a school are divided equally into Team A and Team B. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Team A is 2:1 and in Team B it is 4:11. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in grdae 6?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since team A and team B have the same number of students
and ratios won't change whatever the numbers are, I will say:
team A = students
team B = students
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team A:

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team B:

and

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Total number of boys is:

Total number of girls is:

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Divide top and bottom by

The ratio of boys to girls in grade 6 is 7/8
check:

and

OK
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