Big ideas math segments lesson 1.2 12, 14,16,18
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Given:
Number of students = 35
Two out of every five boys in the club are boys.
To find:
The number of students in the club that are boys.
Solution:
Two out of every five boys in the club are boys. It means, the ratio of boys to the total number of student is 2:5.
Let the number of boys be 2x and number of students be 5x.
According to the question,
Now, the number of boys is
Therefore, 14 students in the club are boys.