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Roger is going to have a party at his house. He is inviting three times as many girls as boys.If he is inviting 16 people, how many boys and how many girls will there be?

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Roger is going to invite 12 girls and only 4 boys

Since 16 is divided by four, we can take three groups of four to represent the girls

And one group of four to represent the boys.

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