SOLUTION: There are 297 children in Year 6. For every 14 girls there are 13 boys. So, there are how many boys and how many girls in Year 6?
(I know the answer but not how to work it out
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(I know the answer but not how to work it out
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Question 889452: There are 297 children in Year 6. For every 14 girls there are 13 boys. So, there are how many boys and how many girls in Year 6?
(I know the answer but not how to work it out) Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let x be the multiple of girls to boys in year 6
14x + 13x = 297
27x = 297
x = 11
we have the following solutions
number of girls in year 6 = 14*11 = 154
number of boys in year 6 = 13*11 = 143
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154 + 143 = 297
297 = 297
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