1985 AJHSME Problems/Problem 16
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[hide]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
The difference between the number of girls and the number of boys is , which is , so the answer is .
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