The ratio of girls to boys in Liza’s classroom is 5 to 4 How many girls are in her classroom if there is a total of 27 students? 1. 12 2. 9 3. 54 4. 15

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asked Dec 19, 2017 120k views

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Calin Pirtea · Answer 1 · 2017-12-23T20:30:48+0000

Answer is 4.) 15 girls.

If you go 27-5-4=18
18-5-4=9
9-5-4=0
so 5+5+5 (because it's 5 girls to 4 boys, only count the 5's) =15

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