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There are 3/4 as many boys as girls in a class of 5th graders if there are 35 students in the class how many are girls?
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There are 3/4 as many boys as girls in a class of 5th graders if there are 35 students in the class how many are girls?

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Writing an equation is the easiest way to figure this out.
b = boys, g = girlsb = 3/4g35 students = g + b35 = g + 3/4g35 = 7/4g35/7/4 = g20 girls35 - 20 = b or 3/4(35) = b15 boys
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