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Last summer,at camp okey fun okey,the ratio of the number of boy campers to girl campers is 9:6.If there is 225 campers,how many boy campers were there?How many girl campers?

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Answer:

135 boys : 90 girls

Explanation:

The sum of ratio units is 9+6 = 15. Then each ratio unit must stand for ...

225/15 = 15 . . . campers

Multiply the ratio by 15 to find the numbers of interest.

boys : girls = 9 : 6 = 135 : 90

There were 135 boy and 90 girl campers.

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