Question

The ratio of boys to girls is 2 to 6. If there are 36 students in class, how many boys are there?​

Answer 1

9 boys, 27 girls

Explanation:

2 boys : 6 girls = 1 boy : 3 girls

Let b = number of boys and g = number of girls.

`(1)/(3) = (b)/(g)`

`g = 3b`

`b + 3b = 4b = 36`

`b = 9`

`g = 27`