Question

the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 4 : 5 how many girls are there in a class if 12 boys are in the class

Answer 1

15

Explanation:

Answer 2

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AsnwEr:

• Number of girls in class = 15

GivEn:

• The ratio of no. of boys to no. of girls in a class is 4:5.
• Number of boys in class = 12

To find:

• Number of girls in class?

Solution:

☯ Let number of girls be x.

Given that,

• The ratio of no. of boys to no. of girls in a class is 4:5.

Therefore,

→ 12/x = 4/5

→ x = 12 × 5/4

→ x = 60/4

→ x = 15

∴ Hence, number of girls in a class is 15.