Question

The ratio of girls to boys in the junior high is 3 to 4 which of these shows possible numbers of the girls and boys in the band?

Answer 1

From the question;

The ratio of boys to girls is

$\begin{gathered} Girls\text{ : Boys} \\ 3\text{ : 4} \end{gathered}$

Increasing the ratio

$\begin{gathered} 3\text{ : 4 = 3}\times9\colon4\times9\text{ } \\ \text{ = 27 : 36} \end{gathered}$

So therefore,

The possible number of the girls is 27 and the possible number of the boys is 36