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the ratio of boy to girls in 8th grade is 5 to 3 ,how many girls are there in 8th grade if there are 80 students in 8th grade
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the ratio of boy to girls in 8th grade is 5 to 3 ,how many girls are there in 8th grade if there are 80 students in 8th grade

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boys 5
------- = --- Note that 5+3 = 8. Thus, (5/8) of the 80 students are boys and
girls 3 (3/8) of the 80 students are girls. This comes out to 30 girls (and 50 boys) Note that 30+50=80 (students)
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