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document.write( "Some sweets were distributed to a group of children. There were as many boys as there were girls. Each girl was given 5 sweets and each boy was given 8 sweets. The boys received 183 more sweets than the girls. How many children were there.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The numbers of boys and girls were the same; each boy received 3 more sweets than each girl; and all together the boys received 183 more sweets than the girls.  That means the number of boys was 183/3 = 61.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So there were 61 boys an 61 girls, for a total of 122.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 122<br><BR>\n" );
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