A class has \(12~\text{girls}\) and \(8~\text{boys}\). A student says \(12:8\) is \(\text{boys}:\text{girls}\). Is the claim correct? What does \(12:8\) compare, and what is \(\text{boys}:\text{girls}\)?

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