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The diagram compares the ratio of girls in the chorus to boys in the chorus. What is the ratio of girls to boys? If there are 50 students in the chorus, how many are girls, and how many are boys? ??50 The ratio of girls to boys is too. The number of girls in the chorus is. The number of boys in the chorus is.

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Answer:

there are a total of 20 boys and 30 girls in the choir of 50 students

Explanation:

Scale the ratio 2:3. so that the numbers on either side sum to 50 . 2+3=5 , and 50÷5=10 , so we scale our ratio by a factor of 10 . So there are a total of 20 boys and 30 girls in the choir of 50 students

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