SOLUTION: If 5/8 of the members of the chess club are boys, what is the ratio of girls to boys in the club?
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Question 644503: If 5/8 of the members of the chess club are boys, what is the ratio of girls to boys in the club?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Girls:Boys = 3:5
Say there are 8 people. There would be 5 boys and 8-5 = 3 girls. So the ratio of girls to guys is 3:5.
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