2011 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 14
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Problem
There are students at Colfax Middle School, where the ratio of boys to girls is
. There are
students at Winthrop Middle School, where the ratio of boys to girls is
. The two schools hold a dance and all students from both schools attend. What fraction of the students at the dance are girls?
Solution
At Colfax Middle School, there are girls. At Winthrop Middle School, there are
girls. The ratio of girls to the total number of students is
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