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The ratio of boys to girls in a group is 3:1. If there are 52 more boys than girls, work out how many people there are in total.

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Answer:the ratio of boys to girls now is 21:17 now you just at 21 and 17 which is 38 then that’s the answer.

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User Nathan Friedly
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answer is 104

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let the no. of girls =x

then no. of boys=x+52

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x+52/x=3/1

x=26

hence girls =26

and boys =78

total students =26+78=104

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