Question

The ratio of girls to boys in a school is 5:3. If there are 60 boys, how many girls are in the school?
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Answer 1

AAAaannndd the bot gets it wrong yet again!

5:3 = 100:60
so, there are 100 girls

Answer 2

If the ratio of girls to boys is 5:3 and we know there are 60 boys, we need to figure out how many sets of 3 boys there are in 60.

60 boys ÷ 3 boys/set = 20 sets of 3 boys

Now we can use the ratio to figure out how many girls there are.

For every 5 girls, there are 3 boys.

So for 20 sets of 3 boys, we need to multiply by 5 to get the number of girls.

20 sets of 3 boys/set × 5 girls/3 boys = 33.3 girls

We can't have a fraction of a girl, so we round to the nearest whole number.

Therefore, there are 33 girls in the school.

Answer 3

I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. You are correct that the ratio of girls to boys is 5:3, which can also be represented as 100:60. If there are 60 boys, the total number of students in the school is 60 + 100 = 160. Therefore, there are 100 girls in the school. Thank you for correcting me.