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The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5:4. There are 36 students in the class. How many more boys than girls are there?

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20 boys and 16 girls, so there are 4 more boys.
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Answer:

36/9=4

5*4=20

4*4=16

There are 4 more boys in the class than there are girls.
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