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Last summer ,at camp okey fun okey,the ratio of the number of boys campers to the girls campers was 8:7. If there were a total of 195 campers, how many boy campers were there?how many girl campers?

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With a boys to girls ratio of 8:7, this means 8/15 of the campers are boys and 7/15 of the campers are girls.

We are told that there are 195 total campers.

To find # of boys: 195 (the total # of campers) x 8/15 (fraction of the campers that are boys) = 104 boys

To find # of girls: 195 (total # of campers) x 7/15 (fraction of the campers that are girls) = 91 girls

Note: If you do not know how to multiply by fractions, let me know, I have another trick that takes more time but doesn't require the use of fractions.




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