SOLUTION: The ratio of boys to girls in the school is 3 to 2. There are 600 students all together. How many are boys and how many are girls?

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Question 931338: The ratio of boys to girls in the school is 3 to 2. There are 600 students all together. How many are boys and how many are girls?
Found 2 solutions by ptaylor, amalm06:
Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
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Out of every 3+2=5 students 3/5 are boys and 2/5 are girls. Sooooooo:
(3/5)*600=
(2/5)*600=
I think that you can handle it from here:)
Hope this helps----ptaylor

Answer by amalm06(224) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 3 boys for every 5 total students.

If there are 600 total students, then there are (3/5)(600)=360 boys (Answer)

There are 600-360=240 girls (Answer)