The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Mr. Jefferson's class is 2 to 3. If there are 18 girls in Mr. Jefferson's class, how many boys are there?

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Maralc · Answer 1 · 2021-12-27T22:09:01+0000

Answer:

Let the number of boys and number of girls be 2x and 3x respectively.

Then,

According to question,

Number of girls = 18

or, 3x = 18

or, x = 6

Number of boys = 2x = 12

Therefore, the total number of boys is 12