Question

There are 16 boys and 24 girls in school basketball team. Find the ratio of (1) Number of boys to the number of girls. (2) Number of girls to the total number of players in the team.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 16 boys and 24 girls.

Therefore, there are total 40 students in the team.

$i) \frac{Number\:of\:boys}{Number\:of\:girls}=\frac{16}{24}=\frac{2}{3}\\ii)\frac{Number\:of\:girls}{Total\:number\:of\:players}=\frac{24}{40}=\frac{3}{5}$

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

number of boys=16

number of girls=24

ratio =16:24

=8:12

=4:6

=2:3

ratio of both boys and girls=2:3