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11 December, 18:58

Mrs. Rodriquez has 24 students in her class. Ten of the students are boys. Jeff claims that the ratio of boys to girls in this class must be 5:12. What is Jeff's error and how can he correct it?

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  1. 11 December, 19:07
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    Boys : Girls = 5 : 7

    Jeff should find the number of girls at first.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Boys - 10

    Girls - 24 - 10 = 14

    Boys : Girls = 10 : 14

    Boys : Girls = 5 : 7

    Jeff did not find the number of girls, he took the number of all students instead.
  2. 11 December, 19:26
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    Jeff found the ratio of boys to students. He needed to first find that there are 14 girls to get a ratio of 10:14 or 5:7 ... answer is the first one

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Sorry ignore this
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