Question

Ratio of boys to girls is 6 to 5. If there are 60 girls how many boys are there?

Answer 1

Given that

There are 60 girls and the ratio of boys to girls is 6:5.

Explanation -

Let the boys be b.

Then the ratio can be represented in fraction form as

`\begin{gathered} (b)/(g)=(6)/(5) \\ (b)/(60)=(6)/(5) \\ b=(6)/(5)*60=6*12=72 \\ So\text{ there are 72 boys.} \end{gathered}`Hence, the final answer is 72.