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If a ratio of boys to girls is 1:4 and there are 20 girls in your class, how many boys are there

User Vmonteco
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Hi

1 boy for 4 girls. so there is 4 times more girls than boys.

so 20/4 = 5

There is 5 boys in the room, 20 girls and 25 people in all.

User Christian Nowak
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Answer:

5 boys

Explanation:

4/20 is 5 5*1=5

User Marco Bonelli
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