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5/11 of students at school are girls if there are 1551 students in school how many are boys

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If 5/11 are girls, then 6/11 are boys (the total has to be 11/11, which equals 1).

Multiply the fraction of boys by the total number of students.

(6/11)*1551 = 846

Therefore, 846 of the students in the school are boys.

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