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At a school event, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls was 3:4. After some boys left, the ratio became 1:2. If there were 120 girls at the school event, how many boys left?

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because the number of girl doesn't change .so we use the numbe of girl to get the number of boys.at the begining ,the ratio was 3:4,so thee number of boys was X:120=3:4,so x is 90,it means the number of boy is 90.after soe boys left ,the number of boy is y:120=1:2,so y=60, the number of boys is 60

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