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of students at a school are boys. If there are 2601 students at the school, how many are
girls?

User MikeQ
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Answer:

1734 students

Explanation:

We are given that 3 out of 9 students at this school are boys, so 1 out of 3 students are also boys. This means that 2/3 of the school's population are girls.


  • (2)/(3) * 2601

  • 2 * 867

  • 1734

Therefore, 1734 students are girls.

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