Question

The ratio of boys to girls at a soccer camp is 3:5. If there are 51 boys at the camp, then how many of the campers are girls? HINT: Solve using a proportion.

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Answer 1

85 girls and 51 boys together it’s 136 children at the soccer camp

Answer 2

85 girls

Explanation:

A proportion of 3:5 means that there are 5 girls at the camp for every 3 boys.

You can find the number of girls by taking the amount of boys and multiplying by the proportion.

51 * 5:3

51 * 5/3

85 girls