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3. The ratio of boys to girls in the 9th grade is 7 to 8. There are 304 girls. How many boys are there?

266 boys
243 boys
303 boys
347 boys

User Kcats
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266
Because
304/8 is 38 then multiply it by 7
Equation:

(304/8) x 7 = 266
User KLE
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Answer: 266 boys
Because there are 304 girls we do 304/8=38 now we do 38 multiplied by 7 (as that is the ratio for the number of boys) 38*7=266 boys
Hope this helped
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