The ratio of boys to girls in the ninth grade is 6:5. If there are 185 girls in the class, how many boys are there?

boys

Step-by-step explanation:

Let = total number of ninth graders. By knowing how many students there are in the grade, we can find for the number of boys.

(number of girls in ninth grade)

To find for the number of boys, we can use substitution:

∴ There are boys in the class.

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