Question

The ratio of "good guys" to "bad guys" on a high school teaching faculty is 5 to 1. If there are 90 teachers in the high school, the number of good guys is

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of good guys is 75.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

The ratio of "good guys" to "bad guys" on a high school teaching faculty is 5 to 1.

There are 90 teachers in the high school.

Now, to find the number of good guys.

Let the number of good guys be $5x.$

And the number of bad guys be $1x.$

Total number of teachers = 90.

According to question:

$5x+1x=90.$

$6x=90$

$x=15.$

Now, to get the number of good guys:

$5x$

Putting the value of x we get:

$5\times 15=75.$

Therefore, the number of good guys is 75.