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The ratio of numbers of boys to girls in a class ion is 6 to 5.if there are a total of 48 boys in the classroom.find the number of girls in the classroom?

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6:5
48:40
To get from 6 to 48 you have to times it by 8 and what ever you do to one side you have to do it to the other as well
So the answer will be 40 girls
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