There are 24 students in Juan's class. The ratio of girls to boys is 1:2. How many girls and boys are in Juan's class?

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Jemuel C. · Astralboy
Mar 31, 2017

There are #8# girls and #16# boys in the class

Explanation:

The total number of students is #24#. From the ratio of girls to boys, we have #1:2#. Add the numbers in the ratio together. Take #24# and divide by that number.

#1+2 =3#
then, # 24/3# equals #8# per part

number of girls #8 xx 1 = 8#
number of boys # 8xx2 = 16#

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