SOLUTION: In a school of 1,302 students, 798 are girls. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls?

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Question 953745: In a school of 1,302 students, 798 are girls. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if in a school of students, are girls, then there are boys
the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is
both and are divisible by
and

so, ratio boys to girls is

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