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7 March, 06:13

A group consisted of 2 girls for every boy. 24 girls joined the group. there are now 5 girls for every boy. how many boys are in the group

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  1. 7 March, 06:22
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    The new ratio is 5:1.

    5 girls to every 1 boy is, 8 boys and 40 girls.

    So there is now 8 boys in the group
  2. 7 March, 07:37
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    Situation 1:

    Situation 2:

    Replacing g in the second equation:

    In the Situation 1 there was 16 girls and 8 boys = 24 persons

    In the Situation 2 there are 40 girs + 8 boys = 48 persons
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