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Kitty [74]
3 years ago
15

there are 48 students in a school play. the ratio of boys to girls is 5:7. how many more girls than boys are in the school play?

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Mathematics
1 answer:
Alex Ar [27]3 years ago
3 0
We can use trial or error method here...

If we take 4 table, 4*5 = 20 and 4*7 = 28. 20+28 = 48.
20 : 28 = 5 : 7

So, there are 20 boys and 28 girls in a school play and there are 8 girls more than boys.

If you look over tables and try it out, only 4 table works for the given ratio.
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