The ratio of girls to boys is 5:3 in a class. If there are 15 girls in the class, what is the class size? What is the unit ratio

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lozanna [386]

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The ratio of girls to boys is 5:3 in a class. If there are 15 girls in the class, what is the class size? What is the unit ratio

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swat32 · Answer 1 · 2023-01-26T05:34:25+03:00

swat323 years ago

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Try setting up a proportion: $\frac{5}{15}=\frac{3}{x}$ then cross multiply to solve for x which will try you how many boys are in the class. Then add the number of boys and girls together.

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