There are 16 boys and 18 girls in the classroom. .What is the ratio of boys to girls in simplest form? A. 2:3 B. 4:3 C. 3:4 D .8:9

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Rajdeep Paul · Answer 1 · 2023-07-15T01:10:43+0000

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16 boys: 18 girls

16:18

16/2:18/2

8:9

I divided both parts of the ratio by the GCF 2 in order to reduce from 16:18 to 8:9. For every 8 boys there are 9 girls.