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The ratio of boys to girls is 3 to 2 if there are 12 boys, how many girls are there

User Seanna
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Answer:

8 girls

Explanation:

Starts with 3:2 If there are 3 boys for 2 girls

3 x 2 =6

2 x 2 =4

6:4

6 x 2 =12

4 x 2 =8

12:8

User Assaf Lavie
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Answer:

8

Explanation:

The ratio is 3/2 boys/girls

if we call the expression as x there would be a total of 5x girls and boys

3x of this is boys

3x = 12 so x is 4 then 4×2 = 8 girls

User Amol Sharma
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