You have 6 boys to every 5 girls in math class, how many boys are in the class?

Step 1- (write as fraction) 9/7=x/84

Step 2- cross multiply
7(x) = 9(84)
7x=756

Step 3- Divide
x=108 pears

ps: can someone tell me how to solve this?

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Answer:

does it give u the total amount of people in the class, or a second number,  because u need that to solve the equation

6/7=x/amount of people in the class(second number)

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