PLS help There are 3 times as many girls as boys in a school choir.
What is the ratio of the number of girls to the total number of childern?
Thank you for your help
THANKS REINY
Please help if there are 36 children there are 3x as many boys as girls. How many girls are there.
To find the ratio of the number of girls to the total number of children, we need to know the number of girls and boys separately.
Let's assume there are 'x' boys in the school choir. According to the given information, there are 3 times as many girls as boys. So, the number of girls would be 3x.
Now, the total number of children in the choir would be the sum of the number of boys and the number of girls. Therefore, the total number of children is x + 3x = 4x.
To find the ratio of the number of girls to the total number of children, we divide the number of girls by the total number of children:
Number of Girls / Total Number of Children
Substituting the values, we get:
3x / 4x.
Now, we can simplify the ratio:
3x/4x = 3/4.
Therefore, the ratio of the number of girls to the total number of children is 3:4 or 3/4.
Note: The actual numbers of boys and girls are not provided in the question, so we can only determine the ratio based on the given information.
boys --- x
girls --- 3x
total ---- 4x
ratio of girls to total = 3x : 4x = 3 : 4