Question

The ratio of girls to boys on Mr.Miller's team is 4 to 5. If thereare 60 boys on his team, thenhow many students are there onhis team?

Answer 1

We have a ratio is 4 girls to 5 boys. There are 60 boys, then, we have:

$\frac{4}{5}=\frac{x}{60}\Rightarrow x=\frac{60\cdot4}{5}\Rightarrow x=\frac{240}{5}\Rightarrow x=48$

Then, we have 48 girls in the class.

Therefore, there are 60 boys + 48 girls = 108 students on Mr. Miller's team.