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The ratio of boys to girls in homeroom 2:3. If there are 8 boys, how many girls are there?

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12 girls

because 8:12 = 2:3

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there are 12 girls. This is because the 8 (which is represented by the 2 in the ratio) can be divided by 2. This means that 1 = 4, and you can multiply 3 by 4 to get 12.
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