If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5 to 1, will the ratio of boys to girls stay the same, become greater, or become smaller if 2 boys and 2 girls are added to the class?

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If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5 to 1, will the ratio of boys to girls stay the same, become greater, or become smaller if 2 boys and 2 girls are added to the class? ​

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Adding the same number of boys and girls to a group where boys are already in the majority (5 to 1) will decrease the ratio of boys to girls, making it smaller, because you are proportionally increasing the number of girls more than the boys in terms of their original ratio.

If the Ratio of Boys to Girls in a Class