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document.write( "If 5/8 of the children are boys then 5 of every 8 children is a boy and 3 of every 8 children is a girl.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore there is 5 boys to every 3 girls.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratio of boys to girls is: 5/3<BR>\n" );
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