document.write( "Question 1078485: Some children were at a party. If 45 boys left the party, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls would become 5:3. If 38 girls left the party, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls would become 2:1. How many children were at the party? \n" ); document.write( "
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