Homework Help: Math

Posted by Garrett on Friday, January 20, 2012 at 6:15pm.

for every girl taking classes at the school, there are 3 boys who are taking classes at the school. If there are 236 students taking classes, write and solve a propotion to predict the number of boys taking classes at the school.

Math - Ms. Sue, Friday, January 20, 2012 at 6:19pm
3/4 = x/236

Cross multiply and solve for x.

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