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in a museum, a ratio of adults to Children is 12 to 9. If there are 252 people in the museum how many children are there?

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Ratio of ADULT : CHILDREN =12:9

Total number of people = 252

Number of children:


\begin{gathered} (9)/(21)*252 \\ (2268)/(21)\text{ = 108 children} \end{gathered}

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