Laura B.
asked • 09/01/18The ratio of boy to girl students at a certain school is 17:23. If there are 300 total students at that school how many boys attend that school?
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Arturo O. answered • 09/01/18
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A boys to girls ratio of 17:23 means you can get the number of boys by multiplying the total number of students by
17/(17 + 23),
and you can get the total number of girls by multiplying the total number of students by 23/(17 + 23).
Boys:
[17/(17 + 23)](300) = 127.5
As Lauren pointed out in her Comment, there has to be an error in the problem statement, unless you can have half of a boy and half of a girl among the 300 (which probably are not Spartans 😀).
17/(17 + 23),
and you can get the total number of girls by multiplying the total number of students by 23/(17 + 23).
Boys:
[17/(17 + 23)](300) = 127.5
As Lauren pointed out in her Comment, there has to be an error in the problem statement, unless you can have half of a boy and half of a girl among the 300 (which probably are not Spartans 😀).
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Lauren H.
09/01/18