Question

The ratio of boys to girls is 7:12 if there are 76 children how many are girls?

Answer 1

12 girls out of 19, how many out of 76

12 - x
19 - 76

Cross product:

19x= 1152
/19. /19
x= ~61

There are (around) 61 girls

Answer 2

The girls are 48 in number

Explanation:

The question states that the ratio of boys to girls is 7 : 12, there are 76 children, we are to find the number of girls.

To find the number of girls, we are to follow the steps below;

Boys : Girls

7 : 12

We take the ration number of girl which is 12 over the total ratio number then we multiply by 76.

The total ratio number = 7 + 12 = 19

That is;

Number of girls =
`(12)/(19)` × 76

=
`(912)/(19)`

=48

Therefore there are 48 number of girls