The ratio of boys to girls in a school is 3:5, if there are 60 girls,how many boys are in the school?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-06T22:55:47

There are #36# boys in the school.

We can set up a proportion:

#3/5 = x/60#

where #x# is the number of boys in the school.

We cross-multiply:

#3(60) = 5x#

#180 = 5x#

#x = 36#

There are #36# boys in the school.