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the ratio of the number of boy campers to the number of girl campers was 8:7 . if there was a total of 195 campers how many boy campers were there? how many girl campers were there?
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the ratio of the number of boy campers to the number of girl campers was 8:7 . if there was a total of 195 campers how many boy campers were there? how many girl campers were there?

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Ok,

8x - amount of boys
7x - amount of girls

8x + 7x = 195
15x = 195
195 / 15 = 13
x = 13

Plug in 13 for x
8 * 13 = 104
7 * 13 = 91

There are 104 boys and 91 girls

Hope this helps!
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