Question

The ratio of boys to girls in the chess club is 4 : 3. If there are 48 boys in the club, how many students are in the chess club?

Answer 1

Answer:

84 students

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that the ratio of boys to girls is 4 : 3, and we know that the actual number of boys is 48, so let's set up a proportion:

$\frac{4boys}{3girls} =\frac{48boys}{x girls}$, where x is the number of girls in the club

Cross-multiply:

4x = 48 * 3 = 144

x = 144/4 = 36

Thus, there are 36 girls in the club.

Don't forget to check back with the question! It's asking for the total number of students, so we need to add 36 to 48:

36 + 48 = 84

Therefore, our answer is 84 students.

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