document.write( "Question 471165: In a school having 990 students 12 out of 27 are girls. How many boy students are there \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "In a school having 990 students 12 out of 27 are girls.
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document.write( "Let x represent the total amount of girls in the class
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document.write( "   |Cross Multiplying to solve
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document.write( "     x = 12*990/27
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document.write( "     x = 440, the number of girls.  550 boys  (990-440)\r
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document.write( " 12/27 = 4/9 = 440/990 = 44/99 = 4/9 \n" );
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