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The number of boys 7 over 10 of the total number of students in a class if there are 16 more boys than girls in a class how many students are there together

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Let's use "x" to represent the total number of students in the class.

According to the problem, the number of boys is 7/10 of the total number of students, and the number of girls is 3/10 of the total number of students. We can set up the following equation based on this information:

Number of Boys = 7/10 x

Number of Girls = 3/10 x

The problem also tells us that there are 16 more boys than girls in the class. We can set up another equation based on this information:

Number of Boys = Number of Girls + 16

Now we can use these two equations to solve for the total number of students:

7/10 x = 3/10 x + 16

Subtracting 3/10 x from both sides, we get:

4/10 x = 16

Multiplying both sides by 10/4, we get:

x = 40

Therefore, there are 40 students in the class. To find the number of boys and girls, we can use the equations we set up earlier:

Number of Boys = 7/10 x = 7/10 * 40 = 28

Number of Girls = 3/10 x = 3/10 * 40 = 12

So there are 28 boys and 12 girls in the class.

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