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PLEASE HELP In a group of people, the ratio of brown-eyed people to blue-eyed people is 3:1. If there are 12 people with brown eyes, how many total people are in the group?
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In a group of people, the ratio of brown-eyed people to blue-eyed people is 3:1. If there are 12 people with brown eyes, how many total people are in the group?

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3:1 ratio meaning for every 3 brown eyed people there are 1 blue eyed. So if you have 12 brown every you have 4 blue eyed. Giving you a total of 16 people.
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