can you please help me work on this problem? I have a few and I want to know how to figure it out:

The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5 to 6. How many boys at in the class if there is a total of 121 students.

I guessed 55 boys and 66 girls?

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One way to solve this problem is to use a proportion.

5/11 = x/121

11x = 605

x = 55 boys

You are right!

thank you Ms. Sue

You are welcome, Ana.

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