SOLUTION: If 3/7 of a group of children are boys and there are 18 more boys than girls, how many children are there all together?

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Question 947002: If 3/7 of a group of children are boys and there are 18 more boys than girls, how many children are there all together?
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If 3/7 of a group of children are boys and there are 18 more boys than girls, how many children are there all together?
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If 3/7 are boys, then 4/7 are girls, so how could there be more boys than girls?

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