SOLUTION: Once an all girls college, in 2005, the college began to enroll boys. By 2012, the ratio of boys to girls was 3 to 7. If there 200 more girls than boys in 2012, how many boys were
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Question 1021494: Once an all girls college, in 2005, the college began to enroll boys. By 2012, the ratio of boys to girls was 3 to 7. If there 200 more girls than boys in 2012, how many boys were enrolled that year?
Answer by FrankM(1040) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ration of boys to girls is 3:7
Therefore, there are 30% boys, 70% girls.
The 40% difference is 200 students
There are 200/.4 = 500 students altogether
150 boys, 350 girls.
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