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the ratio of girls to boys at a school dance was 5:2 if there were 70 girls at the dance, How many boys were at he dance? "use p

roportion and either and equivalent fraction to solve

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11Alexandr11 [23.1K]3 years ago

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This is saying that 5/2=70/x in order to solve you make the equation x=70/(5/2) which would be 140/5 or 28 boys

QveST [7]3 years ago

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The answer is 67 because
5-2=3
70:67
67+3=70

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