The ratio of the number of girls on a basketball team to the number of boys on the team is 5: 4. What fraction of the players on the team are girls?

Answer:5/9

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the number of girls to boys on the basketball team is 5:4, the total number of people in the team is 5+4 = 9

Since the ratio of girls that are on the team is 5 therefore the fraction of girls on the team will be;

Ratio of the girls on the team/total number of people on the team

= 5/9