Question

A school has a ratio of girls to boys as follows:
6:5
What fraction of the school is girls

Answer 1

Answer:

6/11

Step-by-step explanation:

The ratio says that, for every 6 girls, there are 5 boys.

For every 6 girls, there are 6 + 5 = 11 students.

So the fraction of  girls is

6/11