Question

in Joell's math class there are 8 girls and 17 boys. Based on this ratio how many students would be boys in the total school of 100 students?

Answer 1

ok so ratios are poroportion

boys/total=boys/100
total=17+8=25
boys=17
17/25=boys/100
multiply both sides by 100
68=boys


68 boys

Answer 2

so the total number of students equals 8+17 = 25 students
Proportionally:

`(17)/(25) = (x)/(100)`

Thus,

`x = (17*100)/(25) = 68` boys out of the 100 students.