Posted by Rmz on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 3:27pm.
36 males is 1/2 the class.
But your problem states that the ratio is 2:6 or 1:3.
Please try again.
ok I see, so then it would be 24 males
nope. If it is 24 males, then females should be 3x or 72. That wont work at all.
2:6 means 8 parts. Divide 72 by 8
2 parts are male
6 parts are notmale
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