document.write( "Question 738184: I need help with a question.It is:The ratio of boys to girls in Mr.Cashtro's Religion class is 5:4 .What percent of students are boys?
\n" ); document.write( "I tried to divide 5/4 to get 1.25 then i put the whole class in a percent and got 125 and divide that by four to get 31.25 but i know thats not the answer....I am just confused and we have a test tommorow.anwser Asap
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The ratio of boys to girls in Mr.Cashtro's Religion class is 5:4 .
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\n" ); document.write( "Percent is the boy or girl relationship to whole class which we can represent with 5+4=9.
\n" ); document.write( "Boys are represented by 5, therefore
\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F9\" * 100 = 55.56% are boys
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