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In a class, the ratio of girls : boys is 5:3. What fraction of the class are boys? please answer urgent , high points up for grabs , please give good explanation

In a class, the ratio of girls : boys is 5:3. What fraction of the class are boys? please answer urgent , high points up for grabs , please give good explanation
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In a class, the ratio of girls : boys is 5:3.

What fraction of the class are boys?

please answer urgent , high points up for grabs , please give good explanation

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you add the 5+3 to get the overall amount of 8 parts, 3 of them parts are boys so the answer is 3/8
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