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A ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a choir is 5 to 4. There are 60 girls in the choir

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the ratio is 4/5 girls to boys. if there are 60 girls you would divide 60 by 4 and get 15. you would then multiply that 15 by 5 to get the number of boys in the choir. your answer would be 75 because 15x5=75. there are 75 boys in the choir
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