Question

The ratio of boys to girls in a class

is 5:7. There are 36 students in the
class. How many more girls than boys
are there?

Answer 1

tbh i may be too late but the answer is 6

Explanation:

the ratio 5:7 in the question is basically saying for every 5 boys are 7 girls

if you multiply the number of boys by 5 ( which would equal 15) you would have 21 girls, 15 + 21 equals 36. 21- 15= 6 giving us the anser