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Revision as of 16:06, 3 July 2013
Problem
The ratio of boys to girls in Mr. Brown's math class is 
. If there are 
students in the class, how many more girls than boys are in the class?
Solution
Let the number of boys be 
. It follows that the number of girls is 
. These two values add up to students, so ![\[2x+3x=5x=30\Rightarrow x=6\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/c/5/7c5cba1c4d3b8b83efd4057cc728b08d7e2630b1.png)
The difference between the number of girls and the number of boys is 
, which is 
, so the answer is 
.
See Also
| 1985 AJHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 15 |
Followed by Problem 17 | |
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| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
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