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The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a school is 5 : 7. If there are 600 students in the school, how many are girls?

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Answer:

350 of the students are girls.

Step-by-step explanation:

5+7 = 12

600/12 = 50

50 x 7 = 350

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