SOLUTION: There are 40 boys in 6th grade. The number of girls in 6th grade is 30. Carly says that means the ratio of the number of boys in 6th grade to the number of girls in 6th grade is 4:

SOLUTION: There are 40 boys in 6th grade. The number of girls in 6th grade is 30. Carly says that means the ratio of the number of boys in 6th grade to the number of girls in 6th grade is 4:

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Question 1170983: There are 40 boys in 6th grade. The number of girls in 6th grade is 30. Carly says that means the ratio of the number of boys in 6th grade to the number of girls in 6th grade is 4:7. Is Carly correct? If not, what is the correct answer? i need help with this thanks
Answer by Solver92311(821) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The ratio of

to

is the same thing as

reduced to lowest terms. Carly is clearly wrong because there are more boys than girls, so the correct answer has to be a ratio where the first number is larger than the second one. Create the fraction:

reduce to lowest terms and then create the correct ratio:

Where

is the numerator of the reduced fraction and

is the denominator.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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