document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=777894>Question 777894</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a class of 28 children the ratio of number of boys to the number of girls is 3:4. Find how many boys and how many girls there are in the class. After one girl leaves, what is the new ratio boys:girls, in its lowest terms. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the ratio of boys to girls is 3:4, then there are <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 3k\"> boys and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 4k\"> girls.  Then, since the total is 28,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3k\ +\ 4k\ =\ 28\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE k\">, then calculate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 3k\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 4k\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Calculate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 4k\ -\ 1\">, form the fraction <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{3k}{4k\ -\ 1\">, and reduce.  Express the ratio as Numerator:Denominator\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font face=\"Math1\" size=\"+2\">Egw to Beta kai to Sigma</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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