document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=789267>Question 789267</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a school has 300 students if the ratio of boys to girls is 31 to 44 how many more girls than boys are there in the school </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the multiplier<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "31x = no. of boys<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44x = no. of girls<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Boys + girls = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44x + 31x = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75x = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 300/75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4 is the multiplier<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44*4 = 176 girls<BR>\n" );
document.write( "31*4 = 124 boys<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "dif: 52 more girls than boys<BR>\n" );
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