Question

At a summer camo 23 of the boys and 17 of the girls can swim. There are 9 boys and 11 girls at the camp who cannot swim. What is the ratio of the number of children who can swim to the number of children who cannot swim

Answer 1

Answer:The ratio of the number of children who can swim to the number of children who cannot swim=2:1

Explanation:

Number of children that can swim = N umber of boys and girls that can swim =23+17 =40

Number of children that cannot swim = N umber of boys and girls that cannot swim=9+11=20

=40:20

=2:1