SOLUTION: Hi The ratio of adults to boys is 9 to 1. The ratio of adults to girls is 3 to 2. When half of the adults and 2/3 of the girls leave, what was the ratio adults to boys to girls at

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Question 1210149: Hi
The ratio of adults to boys is 9 to 1. The ratio of adults to girls is 3 to 2. When half of the adults and 2/3 of the girls leave, what was the ratio adults to boys to girls at the end.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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The ratio of adults to boys is 9 to 1. 

A%2FB%22%22=%22%229%2F1
A%22%22=%22%229B


The ratio of adults to girls is 3 to 2. 

A%2FG%22%22=%22%223%2F2
2A%22%22=%22%223G

Since A%22%22=%22%229B, 2A%22%22=%22%2218B

So

2A%22%22=%22%2218B%22%22=%22%223G

expr%282%2F18%29%2AA%22%22=%22%22expr%2818%2F18%29B%22%22=%22%22expr%283%2F18%29%2AG

expr%281%2F9%29%2AA%22%22=%22%22expr%281%2F1%29B%22%22=%22%22expr%281%2F6%29%2AG

A%2F9%22%22=%22%22B%2F1%22%22=%22%22G%2F6

%22A%3AB%3AG%22%22%22=%22%22%229%3A1%3A6%22

So at the start, there could have been 9 Adults, 1 Boy, and 6 Girls.

[Note: we cannot know the exact number there could have been at the start,
because there is not enough information given to find that. However, we can
assume any numbers at the start as long as we keep their ratios as we are
required to in the problem.]

When half of the adults....leave....

Oh, oh!, we need the number of adults at the start to be even, so that we can
take 1/2 without getting a fraction, so we double what there could have been at
the start:

So at the start, there could have been 18 Adults, 2 Boys, and 12 Girls.

Then after half the adults leave, there are only expr%281%2F2%29%2A18%22%22=%22%229 adults remaining.

....and 2/3 of the girls leave,....

Then there are only expr%281%2F3%29%2A12%22%22=%22%224 girls remaining. 

   (It's OK to assume 12 girls at the start since we can take 1/3 of 12 without
    getting a fraction).

What was the ratio of adults to boys to girls at the end?

 adults:boys:girls = 9:2:4     <---ANSWER


Edwin