Question

There are 35 children in a class. The ratio of boys to girls in the class is 2 to 3. If there Are 12 girls in the class, how many boys are there?

Answer 1

3*what=12?

Answer 2

So this is a proportion problem. Try this:

\[\frac{ 2 }{ 3 } = \frac{ x }{ 12 }\]

Cross multiply and solve for x C:

Answer 3

Please don't just give the answer, she needs to know how to do the problem herself.

Answer 4

my bad

Answer 5

How're you doing with the problem Allison?