SOLUTION: There are 8 more girls than boys in a particular class. 3/5 of the boys and 1/3 o9f the girls were born in Georgia. If the number of boys that were born in Georgia is equal to th

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Question 1081823: There are 8 more girls than boys in a particular class. 3/5 of the boys and 1/3 o9f the girls were born in Georgia. If the number of boys that were born in Georgia is equal to the number of girls that were born in Georgia, how many students (boys and girls together) in that class were born in Georgia? show your work


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G=B%2B8
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%283%2F5%29B=%281%2F3%29G
9B=5G
Then from above,
9G=9B%2B72
Substituting,
9G=5G%2B72
4G=72
G=18
So then,
18=B%2B8
B=10
So all together,
N=%283%2F5%29%2810%29%2B%281%2F3%29%2818%29
N=6%2B6
N=12
12 kids born in GA