SOLUTION: The boy:girl ratio in a school is 4:5.
If there are 225 students, how many girls are in the school?
Thanks.
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Question 665423: The boy:girl ratio in a school is 4:5.
If there are 225 students, how many girls are in the school?
Thanks.
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
We can set up a proportion as:
5/9=x/225
x=125
Make sense?
RJ
www.math-unlock.com
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