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Orlov [11]
3 years ago
9

the ratio of boys to girls at the beach cleanup was 7:8. If there were 24 boys, how many girls were there?

Mathematics
2 answers:
anastassius [24]3 years ago
8 0
Is there multiple choice answers of so if would make it a little easier to help you
mars1129 [50]3 years ago
7 0
If boys/girls=7/8, then set up a ratio.
7/8=24/x. Cross multiply
7x=24(8)
7x=192
X=27.4

You can not have .4 of a person, so I’d say your answer would be 27 girls.
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