SOLUTION: There are 95 students at Melmi Middle School, where the ratio of girls to boys is 11 to 8. At the nearby Lemmi High School, there are 130 students and the ratio of girls to boys is

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Question 703371: There are 95 students at Melmi Middle School, where the ratio of girls to boys is 11 to 8. At the nearby Lemmi High School, there are 130 students and the ratio of girls to boys is 8 to 5. If the schools were combined into one, what would be the ratio of girls to boys? Express your answer as a simplified ratio in the form a:b.
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(11/19 * (95) + 8/13 * (130))/(8/19 * (95) + 5/13 * (130))
= 3/2