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The scuba club has 39 members 21 girls and 18 boys. What is the ratio of girls to boys?

A.6:7
B.7:6
C. 7:8

User Chacewells
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Ratio always means dividing.

Girls : Boys

or we can write it as


(Girls)/(Boys)


(21)/(18)=
(7)/(6) when we divide numerator and denominator with 3

That means that
(Girls)/(Boys)=
(7)/(6)
or
Girls : Boys = 7 : 6
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