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  • 20-05-2014
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At a country concert, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is 2:7. If there are 250 more girls than boys, how many boys are at the concert?

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soniaagarwal09 soniaagarwal09
  • 20-05-2014

Boys : Girls = 2:7
let the no. of boys be x
so no of girls = 250+x
so, x:(250+x) = 2:7
x/(250+x) = 2/7
7x = 500+2x
7x-2x = 500
x = 500/5 =100

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