document.write( "Question 937793: The ratio of girls to boys of a dance group is 5:3. Thee would had been equal numbr of boys and girls if thee had been 3 more boys and 3 fewer girls. How many girls and boys are in a dance group? \n" ); document.write( "

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The ratio of girls to boys of a dance group is 5:3.
\n" ); document.write( " There would had been equal number of boys and girls if there had been 3 more boys and 3 fewer girls.
\n" ); document.write( " How many girls and boys are in a dance group?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = the multiplier
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "5x = no. of girls
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\n" ); document.write( "3x = no. or boys
\n" ); document.write( "\"There would had been equal number of boys and girls if there had been 3 more boys and 3 fewer girls.
\n" ); document.write( "Girls = Boys
\n" ); document.write( "5x - 3 = 3x + 3
\n" ); document.write( "5x - 3x = 3 + 3
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 6
\n" ); document.write( "x = 3 is the multiplier
\n" ); document.write( "therefore
\n" ); document.write( "3*5 = 15 girls
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "3 * 3 = 9 boys
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