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The ratio of boys to girls in a group is 4.3. If there are 5 more boys than girls, work out how

many girls there are

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There are 20 boys and 15 girls in this group. If the ratio of boys is higher by one unit, the difference is 5, 1 unit is 5 so 1 unit times 3 is 15.
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