Question

The ratio of boys to girls in a camp is 6 to 8. How many girls are there in the camp if there are 96 boys in the camp?

Answer 1

6/8=96/x

Explanation:

Answer 2

128 girls

Explanation:

The ratio of boys to girls is 6 to 8. We need to find how many girls there are if there are 96 boys in the camp. One way to solve this is by using cross multiplication:

`(6)/(8)` =
`(96)/(x)`

multiply the 6 by the x: 6x

multiply 8 by 96: 768

6x = 768

divide both sides of the equation by 6 to isolate the x:

6x/6 = 768/6

x = 128

When there are 96 boys in camp, there will be 128 girls.