The ratio of boys to girls at the beach cleanup was 7.8. If there are 42 boys how many girls are there?

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Alessandro Dentella · Answer 1 · 2016-06-21T04:25:29+0000

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48 girls

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you divide the ratio of boys to the total of boys which is 6. then you multiply 6 by the ratios of girls.

Andrelrms · Answer 2 · 2016-06-24T08:04:47+0000

If the ratio is 7:8, and the number of boys is 42, you would do 42 divided by 7, which equals 6. Then you do 8 times 6, and that's equal to 48. So the ratio is 42:48, with an amount of 48 girls.

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