There are five boys to every seven girls in an introductory geology course. If there are 408 students enrolled in the course, how many are boys?

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Mlambie · Answer 1 · 2024-12-24T02:56:06+0000

Answer:

170 boys

Explanation:

If there are five boys to every seven girls, then one group will have a total of 12 students.

Since there are 408 total students enrolled, then there would be 408/12 = 34 groups.

Therefore, there are 5*34 = 170 boys