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Question 1(a)

There are 20 girls and 15 boys in a class.

What is the ratio of numbers of girls to the number of boys?

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Solution

Given, number of girls = 20

Number of boys = 15

The ratio of number of girls to that of boys

$= \frac{N u m b e r o f g i r l s}{N u m b e r o f b o y s}$

$= \frac{20}{15} = \frac{4}{3} = 4 : 3$

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