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The ratio of boys to girls in a school are 2:3 there are 1100 pupils in the school how many are boys ?

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The answer to the question is 440
User Xaver Kapeller
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First of all you do 2+3=5 then 1100/5 is 220
so 2*220=440
3*220= 660
so that means 440 boys and 660 girls
it depends on which order the boys and girls are put
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