Question 670757: the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 2:3 if there are 18 girls in the class, how many boy are there Found 2 solutions by stanbon, checkley79:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 2:3 if there are 18 girls in the class, how many boy are there
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2:3 is the same as 2x:3x where 3x is the number of girls.
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3x = 18
x = 6
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2x = # of boys = 2*6 = 12
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Cheers,
Stan H.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 2/3=x/18 cross multiply.
3x=2*18
3x=36
x=36/3
x=12 the number of boys.
Prof:
2/3=12/18 reduce right hand fraction.
2/3=2/3
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