document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1151163>Question 1151163</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the ratio of girls to boys at a middle school is 8:9.how many boys are in the school of there are 340 students in total? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Given the ratio of 8:9 of girls to boys, one common way to start working the problem is to let the number of girls be 8x and the number of boys be 9x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, given that the total number of students is 340,<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: The number of boys is 9x = 9(20) = 180.<br><BR>\n" );
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