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The ratio of girls to boys is 5:3 in a class. If there are 15 girls in the class, what is the class size? What is the unit ratio?

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Answer:

Try setting up a proportion: [tex]\frac{5}{15}=\frac{3}{x}[/tex] then cross multiply to solve for x which will try you how many boys are in the class.  Then add the number of boys and girls together.

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