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At a local preschool, there is a ratio of three boys two every four girls. If there are 245 total preschoolers enrolled , Then how many are boys

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A ratio can be written in three different ways: 3 to 4, 3:4, and 3/4

What does this mean? It means that for every group of 7 students (3+4) there are 3 boys and 4 girls. And how many groups do we have? We have:

245/7= 35 We have 35 groups, and we just said that each group has 3 boys and 4 girls:

35*3= 105 boys

35*4= 140 girls

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