48 students in a play, the ratio of boys to girls is 5 to 7, how many boys are in the play?

48 students in a play, the ratio of boys to girls is 5 to 7, how many boys are in the play?
in Word Problem Answers by

Your answer

Your name to display (optional):
Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications.
Anti-spam verification:
To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register.

3 Answers

GIVEN: 48 students PROBLEM: How many boys are there? SOLUTION: x=number of boys x=48/(5+7) =48/12 =4 4*5=20 (number of boys) 4*7=28 (number of girls) TO CHECK: 20+28=48
by

5+7=12

48/12=4

4*5=20

by Level 9 User (42.6k points)

i dont know im looking for how many more girls there are than boys. There are 48 students in a school play. The ratio of boys to girls is 5 : 7. How many more girls than boys are in the play? Can anyon help me.

by

Related questions

1 answer
2072 students the ratio of boys to girls is 3:5
asked May 2, 2013 in Word Problem Answers by debrac52 Level 1 User (120 points) | 679 views
Welcome to MathHomeworkAnswers.org, where students, teachers and math enthusiasts can ask and answer any math question. Get help and answers to any math problem including algebra, trigonometry, geometry, calculus, trigonometry, fractions, solving expression, simplifying expressions and more. Get answers to math questions. Help is always 100% free!

Most popular questions within the last 3000 days

  1. 50+50-25X0+2+2= (19)
  2. it takes 10 road workers 5 days to complete a road repair when working 2 hours a day.Working at the same pace,how many days will it take 2 people working 5 hours a day to finish it? (3)
  3. Solve 15 -1(12÷4+1)? (4)
  4. 8:4(5+2) (3)
  5. How can i represent 1/3; 3/3; 7/3; 10/3 and 15/3 on a number line? (1)

Most popular tags

87,516 questions
100,279 answers
2,420 comments
732,225 users