Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of boys are 64.

Step-by-step 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,

$B=8x=8\times 8=64$

So, the number of boys are 64.