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RATIO AND PROPORTION

EXERCISE 12.1
1. There are 20 girls and 15 boys in a class.
(a) What is the ratio of number of girls to the number of boys?
(b) What is the ratio of number of girls to the total number of students in the class?

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The ratio of girls to boys is 20:15, but we can simplify this by dividing both numbers by 5, to make it 4 girls:3 boys.

20+15=35, the total number of students in the class. This would mean the ratio of girls to total students is 20:35, which we can again simplify by dividing both sides by 5 to make it 4 girls:7 students
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