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At the 6th grade school dance there are 132 boys, 88 girls and 14 adults. What is the ratio of boys to girls

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The adult's genders aren't specified so that doesn't matter.

There are 132 boys for every 88 girls

(132:88)

To simplify the ratio, divide both numbers by the GFC (Divide both sides by 44)

3:2

There are 3 boys for every 2 girls
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