Question

In Spanish club, the boy-girl ratio is 8-9. if 72 members are girls, how many are boys?

Answer 1

The number of boys are 64.

Explanation:

We have,

The ratio of the boy to girl is 8:9.

Total number of girls are 72.

Let total boys are 8x and total girls are 9x.

According to the question,

`9x=72\\\\x=8`

Since, number of boys are 8x. So,

`B=8x=8* 8=64`

So, the number of boys are 64.