The high school band has a ratio of 3 girls to 2 boys. If there are 30 girls in the band, how many total students are in the band?

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jojokiw3 · Answer

$$\frac{ 3 }{ 2 } = \frac{ 30 }{ ? }$$

Can you solve this?

anonymous · Answer

For every 3 girls there are 2 boys. So 3/30 equals 10. 10 *2 equals 20. 20 + 30 is 50.

anonymous · Answer

See i typed 50 and the computer said that i was wrong so what do i do?

anonymous · Answer

It was right! thank you so much :)

anonymous · Answer

Ur welcome. Can you help me with a math problem? I have to simplify 8x^2/2x