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16 students joined the soccer club. 5/8 of those students were boys. How many boys joined the soccer club?
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16 students joined the soccer club. 5/8 of those students were boys. How many boys joined the soccer club?

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10 boys joins the soccer club
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5/8 is also equal to 10/16, so out of 16 students, 10 were boys. Multiply the numerator and denominator by 2 to find 10/16, and that is how you find the answer.
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