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  • 23-09-2016
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The ratio of the number of boys campers to the number of girl campers was 8:7. if there were a total of 195 campers, how many boy camers? how many girl campers?

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qkillingbeck
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  • 23-09-2016
Imagine for a group of 15 (8 boys and 7 girls), you will have 8 girls. So the ratio of girls to total campers is 8/15
Because we have 195 campers, we have 8/15 = x/195
solve for x
x= 104 girls
and we have 195 - 104 = 90 boys
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