2014 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 7
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Problem
There are four more girls than boys in Ms. Raub's class of students. What is the ratio of number of girls to the number of boys in her class?
Solution 1
We can set up an equation with being the number of girls in the class. The number of boys in the class is equal to
. Since the total number of students is equal to
, we get
. Solving this equation, we get
. There are
boys in our class, and our answer is
.
Solution 2
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