Last summer at camp okey fun okey the ratio of the number of boy campers to the number of girl campers was 8:7 if there were 56

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fomenos

3 years ago

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Last summer at camp okey fun okey the ratio of the number of boy campers to the number of girl campers was 8:7 if there were 56

girls how many boys were there??

Mathematics

2 answers:

victus00 [196] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-05T07:23:04+03:00

victus00 [196]3 years ago

8 0

Boys:girls=8:7
girls is 7 units

girls are 56 people

56=7units
divide both sides by 7
8=1unit

boys=8 units
8=1unit
times both sides by 8
64=8units

there are 64 boys

Paraphin [41] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-05T05:56:15+03:00

Paraphin [41]3 years ago

7 0

There would be 64 boys, 56/7=8 so you would have to multiple 8 by 8, which equals 64