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The ratio of girls to boys in a class is 3:2. There are 25 students in this class. How many are girls and how many are boys? REPOST FOR ATTENTION

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Answer:

15:10

Explanation:

consider the starting point: we have 3 bots and 2 girls. this gives a total count of 5 so we need to see how many lots of 5 will fit into 25. 5 lots of 5 gives 25 so we have 5 lots of the ratio 3:2 Method: 5 lots of 3:2: 5 x (3:2)=(5 x 3):(5 x 2)= 15:10

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