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The total number of students enrolled at Berkmar Middle School is 1,400 students. If the ratio of boys to girls is also 3 to 4 for the school, how many students are boys and how many students are girls at Berkmar Middle School? Show your work or explain your thinking.

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Answer:

600=boys 800=girls

Explanation:

User Prakash Subramani
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Answer: 600 boys; 800 girls

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that the total number of students enrolled at Berkmar Middle School is 1,400 students and that the ratio of boys to girls is also 3 to 4 for the school.

To calculate the number of students that are boys and those that are girls at Berkmar Middle School, we have to turn the ratios to fractions. This will be:

Boys = 3/(3+4) = 3/7

Girls = 4/(3+4) = 4/7

Total students = 1400

Number of boys:

= 3/7 × 1400

= 3 × 200

= 600 boys

Number of girls:

= 4/7 × 1400

= 4 × 200

= 800 girls

User Tim Sylvester
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