document.write( "Question 446832: in a school 5/8 of the students are boys and the number of girls is 990, find the number of boys in the school \n" ); document.write( "

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If 5/8 of students are boys, then 3/8 must be girls
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"x\"$ = total number of students
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%283%2F8%29%2Ax+=+990+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+%288%2F3%29%2A990+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+2640+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%285%2F8%29%2A2640+=+1650+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "There are 1650 boys in the school \n" ); document.write( "

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