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document.write( "If the ratio is 2 boys : 3 girls,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then the ratio is 3 girls : 5 total\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Set up a proportion:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 girls / 5 total = x girls/ 35 total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 105 {cross-multiplied}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 21 girls {divided both sides by 5}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If there are 35 students, there are 21 girls. \r<BR>\n" );
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