SOLUTION: There are 18 girls in a school Choir. The ratio of girls to boys is 1 to 2. How many boys are in the Choir?

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Question 1100555: There are 18 girls in a school Choir. The ratio of girls to boys is 1 to 2. How many boys are in the Choir?
Answer by ikleyn(52775) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If you read the condition attentively and give yourself a labor to think 3 seconds,
you will get an understanding that the number of boys is two times the number of girls.


Now, can you complete the solution on your own from this point ?



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