5/8 of the students in a school are girls. Find the ratio of girls and boys.

Mari Faleiros asked Sep 10, 2023

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Mari Faleiros asked Sep 10, 2023

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Solution:

5/8 of the students in a school are girls.

This simply means 5 out of every 8 students is girl and 3 out of every 8 children is boy.

Thus, there are 5 girls to 3 boys.

Hence, the ratio of girls to boys is 5:3

Kanan Farzali answered Sep 16, 2023

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