SOLUTION: 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 numb

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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?
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b boys
g girls
You want to find b+g, total children

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