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The ratio of girls to boys in the 6th grade is 6 to 7. How many girls are there if there are 350 boys

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300 girls because 6:7 is 300:350
User Juan Acevedo
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300 girls.

-6:7 is the same as 300:350.
-If you do 350/50 you get 7. If you do 300/50 you get 6.
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