Question

In a theather, the ratio of boys to girls is 3: 4 (this means 3 boys for every 4 girls). If there are 24 boys in the theater, how many girls are in the theater ?

Answer 1

3:4
*8
24:g ; g has to be 32

Answer 2

How did you get 8 ?

Answer 3

becasue it says its a ratio of 3:4 and that 3 turns into 24 tells me they scaled it by 8

Answer 4

thank-you !

Answer 5

youre welcome

Answer 6

we can equate ratio's
3 / 4 =24 / x ; let consider x = number of girls
so x=( 24 * 4 / 3) = 32