document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1026911>Question 1026911</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A group of 18 is being joined by 6 boys and 11 girls making the ratio of boys to girls 2:3. What proportion of the original group was boys? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "18+6+11=35 final group has 35 people.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "At a ratio of 2:3, 2 of 5 are boys.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since there are 7 groups of 5, there are 14 boys.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 boys were added, so there were 8 boys in the original group.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 boys of 18 original total leaves 10 girls.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Original ratio (proportion) of boys to girls: 8:18 or 4:9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Original percentage that were boys: 44.45%<BR>\n" );
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