Fifty students were eating lunch in the school cafeteria. The ratio of boys to girls was 25:25. Mrs. White asked Kym to explain what that ratio meant. Kym said it meant that 25% of the students in the cafeteria were boys.

Explain why Kym is incorrect.

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Fifty students were eating lunch in the school cafeteria. The ratio of boys to girls was 25:25. Mrs. White asked Kym to explain what that ratio meant. Kym said it meant that 25% of the students in the cafeteria were boys.

Explain why Kym is incorrect.

mindfreeze · Answer

can you tell me what is a ratio?

mindfreeze · Answer

$\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}$ @mindfreeze
can you tell me what is a ratio?
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you need to understand what it is

sophia333 · Answer

Because if the ratio is split equally, the ratio is half, which equals 50%

ILSAE · Answer

the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

mindfreeze · Answer

explaining... for 25 girls there are 25 boys.... so?

cutewolf · Answer

i think it means 50%

sophia333 · Answer

$\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}$ @cutewolf
i think it means 50%
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Yea :>

mindfreeze · Answer

$\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}$ @cutewolf
i think it means 50%
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perfect