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the ratio of girls to boys who participated in the Geography Bee was 5/4 there are there were 36 total students how many were boys

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suppose the number of boy is x ,so the number of girls is 5/4x,so the total number is 9/4x,we knew the number of total students is 36,so 36=9/4x,x is 16.

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