Question

The ratio of girl to boys is 6 2, there were 14 boys how many total members were there in the club

Answer 1

The club has 56 members

Explanation:

We can set up a ratio problem to find the total number of kids in the club. There are two ways to do this, and I will show you both. The first way is to immediately set up a ratio between the number of boys and the number of total members in the club. Since the ratio of girls to boys is 6:2, the ratio of boys to members is 2:8 (add the number of girls and boys in the ratio to get the total number of people). Now, we can set up an equation, letting x equal the number of members total, and solve using cross multiplication:

`(2)/(8)=(14)/(x)\\\\ 112=2x\\\\ x=56`

The other way to solve this problem would be to figure out the number of girls in the club if there are 14 boys and then add the two quantities together. If we let y be the number of girls in the club, we get the following solution:

`(6)/(2)=(y)/(14)\\\\ 2y=84\\\\ y=42\\\\x+y=56`

Either way, we get that the total number of members is 56