Mrs. Rodriquez has 24 students in her class. Ten of the students are boys. Jeff claims that the ratio of boys to girls in this c

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lass must be 5:12. What is Jeff’s error and how can he correct it?

2 answers:

nikklg [1K] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-23T13:37:09+03:00

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Answer:

Boys : Girls = 5 : 7

Jeff should find the number of girls at first.

Step-by-step explanation:

Boys - 10

Girls - 24 - 10 = 14

Boys : Girls = 10 : 14

Boys : Girls = 5 : 7

Jeff did not find the number of girls, he took the number of all students instead.

Anit [1.1K] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-23T11:10:52+03:00

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Answer:

Jeff found the ratio of boys to students. He needed to first find that there are 14 girls to get a ratio of 10:14 or 5:7.....answer is the first one

Step-by-step explanation:

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