Question

In math class, the girl to boy i 8 to 6. if there are 24 girl in the class, how many boy are there?

Answer 1

`\huge\boxed{\text{18 boys}}`

Explanation:

This is basically just a ratio. If the ratio between the amount of girls to the amount of boys is 8 to 6, then we can create a fraction (girls/boys)

`(8)/(6)`

Using what we know about the second statement (24 girls) we can make a ratio like this (also assuming girls/boys)

`(24)/(x)`

Since the ratios must be equal, we can set them equal to each other.

`(8)/(6) = (24)/(x)`

We can cross multiply to find x.

`24 \cdot 6 = 144\\\\144 / 8 = 18`

So there are 18 boys.

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