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The number of girls to boys in the education program is 5 to 1. If there are 90 students in the education program, how many are girls?

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If the ratio of girls to boys in the education program is 5 to 1, this means that for every 5 girls, there is 1 boy.

Let's call the number of girls "5x" (since there are 5 girls for every 1 boy) and the number of boys "x".

According to the problem, the total number of students in the education program is 90:

5x + x = 90

Simplifying and solving for "x", we get:

6x = 90

x = 15

Now that we know the value of "x", we can find the number of girls by multiplying by 5:

5x = 5(15) = 75

Therefore, there are 75 girls in the education program.
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