Key info-there are nine boys for every six girls on the softball team
9/6
9(3)=27. 6(3)18
18+27=45 5 more to go
if there is 50 students on each of the teams
9(5)=45
6(8)=48
As one can see,they both cannot multiply up to 50,but they round up.
Answer:
The original piece of wood is 108 cm
Step-by-step explanation:
From the given ratio, the shortest is of the ratio 5 and the longest is of the ratio 7
Let the original piece of wood be x
so the sum of the ratios will be;
5 + 6 + 6 + 7 = 24
the shortest length would be 5/24 * x
= 5x/24
the longest will be 7/24 * x = 7x/24
From the question;
7x/24 -5x/24 = 9
(7x-5x) = 24(9)
2x = 24(9)
x = (24 * 9)/2
x = 108 cm
