At candy rock elementary school, there is a 3:2 ratio of girls to boys. What percentage of the school is girls? show your work

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Answer 1

If there ratio of girls to boys is 3:2 that means that for every 3 girls there are 2 boys

 

It also means that for every 5 students (3 + 2) there are 3 girls.

 

So the percentage of girls in the school is 3 out of every 5.

 

or 3/5 and you should be able to convert that to a percent