SOLUTION: I got this wrong, and the instructor did not explain why. Can you enlighten me? There are 385 surfers at Surf City. 2/3 were boys and 1/12 were girls. If there are 2 girls for

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Question 91051: I got this wrong, and the instructor did not explain why. Can you enlighten me?
There are 385 surfers at Surf City. 2/3 were boys and 1/12 were girls. If there are 2 girls for every boy, how many boys and how many girls are there in Surf City?
Answer by stanbon(48558) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your data is contradictory
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Cheers,
Stan H.