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  • 02-03-2015
  • Mathematics
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40 girls and boys have planned for annual function. They are in a ratio of 2 girls to 6 boys. How many boys are there?



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Ambezeee Ambezeee
  • 02-03-2015
Essentially this means for every 5 people there are three boys.  Therefore since 40/5 = 8 it would mean there are 8 groups of 5.  Then that would mean 3 for every group therefore 8x3=24 boys.
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