Boys and girls in a club are in the ratio . If the club has members, how many are girls?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 32
- Step 1: Determine the total number of ratio parts: equal parts.
- Step 2: Calculate the size of each part: members per part.
- Step 3: Multiply by the girls' ratio share: girls.
Answer
32.
Why not the others: 33 is an off-by-one arithmetic error; 36 computes ; 8 is the number of boys (); 20 assumes an even split.
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