SOLUTION: 4/7 0f class are boys. There are 18 more boys than girls. How many boys and how many girls
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Question 820214: 4/7 0f class are boys. There are 18 more boys than girls. How many boys and how many girls
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If 4/7 are boys, then 3/7 must be girls (unless you have some sort of transgender thing going). So the 18 boys that are MORE than the number of girls must be equal to 1/7 of the class. So if 1/7 of the class is 18, the class must be 18 times 7.
John
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