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The ratio of boys to girls in a college marching band is 5:6. If there are 121 total students in this band, how many boys are in the band?

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The ratio of boys to girls in the band is 5:6 and there are a total of 121 people.

We can call each bit of the ratio 'parts'.

So, there are a total of 5+6=11 parts in total, and there are a total of 121 people.

Therefore, each part of the ratio is equal to 121 ÷ 11 = 11.

Since there are 5 parts assigned to the number of boys in the band, then the total number of boys in the band is equal to 11 × 5, which is equal to 55 boys.

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