Question

The ratio of boys to girls in the school choir is 4:7 if there are 16 boys how many girls are in the choir?

Answer 1

I don’t know the answer

Answer 2

Explanation:

let the no of girls be x

ratio of boys to girls=4:7

4/7=16/x

do cross multiplication

7*16=x*4

112=4x

112/4=x

28=x

therefore there are 28 no of girls.