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the ratio of boys to girls at the beach cleanup was 7:8. If there were 43 boys, how many girls were there?
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the ratio of boys to girls at the beach cleanup was 7:8. If there were 43 boys, how many girls were there?

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I'm pretty sure there were 48 girls at the beach clean up. 43 ÷ 7 = 6.14 (6 cause there's not gonna be floating males with missing body parts). So we multiply 6 x 8 and we get 48.
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