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In math class, the girl to boy ratio is 8 to 6. if there are 24 girls in the class how many boys are there?

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Answer:

18

Explanation:

We know that the girl to boy ratio is 8:6 and we are told that there are 24 girls.

We multiply 8 by 3 to give us 24, so if we multiply by 3 on one side we must multiply by 3 on the other side.

This gives us a final answer of 24:18, so there are 18 boys in the class.

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