Question

The ratio of boys to girls at a soccer camp is 3:5. If there are 51 boys at the camp, then how many of the campers are girls? HINT: Solve using a proportion.
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  1. Answer:
    85 girls
    Step-by-step explanation:
    A proportion of 3:5 means that there are 5 girls at the camp for every 3 boys.
    You can find the number of girls by taking the amount of boys and multiplying by the proportion.
    51 * 5:3
    51 * 5/3
    85 girls

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