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A soccer team has 12 girls and 18 boys. The team is split into groups that have the same ratio of girls to boys as that of the whole team. How many girls are in the group that has nine boys? A) 9b to 6g (B 9b to 12g (C 9b to 3g

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Answer:

A. 9boys to 6girls

Explanation:

If the original ratio of boys to girsl was 18 boys to 12 girls, then the simplified ratio is 3 boys to every 2 girls.

3:2

9:?

Divide 9/3=3

So the simplified ratio times 3 would give you the ratio if boys to girls when there are 9 boys

2*3=6

6 girls when there are 9 boys

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