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there are 250 students on Jhon Murphy middle school.if there are 120 boys on the school,what is the ratio of girls to boys?

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130:120 but if you simplify it, it would be 13:12. This is solved by subtracting the amount of boys from the total. The answer is 130. Put it in the order of girls first to boys second. Then you may divide it by a common factor to get it in simplest form.
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