SOLUTION: The ratio of girls to boys in a school is 2:3 what fraction of these students are boys

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Question 1028879: The ratio of girls to boys in a school is 2:3 what fraction of these students are boys
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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+g%2Fb+=+2%2F3+
+g+=+%282%2F3%29%2Ab+
+b+%2F+%28+g+%2B+b+%29+=+b+%2F+%28+%282%2F3%29%2Ab+%2B+b+%29+
Divide top and bottom by +b+
+b+%2F+%28+g+%2B+b+%29+=+1+%2F+%28+2%2F3+%2B+1+%29+
+b+%2F+%28+g+%2B+b+%29+=+1+%2F+%285%2F3%29+
+b+%2F+%28+g+%2B+b+%29+=+3%2F5+
3/5 of the students are boys

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The ratio of girls to boys in a school is 2:3 what fraction of these students are boys
Fraction of students that are boys: 3%2F%282+%2B+3%29, or highlight_green%283%2F5%29