A middle school has a speech club with a total of 18 students. The ratio of girls to boys is 4:5. How many girls are in the speech club? How many boys are in the speech club? Ju…

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Geovanni · Answer 1 · 2019-08-16T04:50:52+0000

18 kids total.
4 : 5
4+5=9
18 divided by 9 = 2
Each unit = 2
4 times 2 = 8, so there are 8 girls
5 times 2 = 10, so there are 10 boys.