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ACT Math: Pre-Algebra Drill 4, Problem 4. Using the information given, find out how many girls attend the school.

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Here's your shmoop du jour:
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The ratio of boys to girls at the local middleschool is 3 to 4.
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If there are 245 students at the school, how
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many girls are there?
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And here are the potential answers...

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So obviously this is a GREAT school to attend if you're a boy who likes going out Saturday nights.
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It's a simple ratio problem. The problem tells us that the boys to girls ratio is:
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3x boys and 4x girls. Meaning... there are more girls than boys...
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It also gives the TOTAL number of students, which is 245.
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There's a simple ratio here. 4 out of 7 students are girls.
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So the ratio is "4 is to 7 as x is to 245."
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To get the answer, we cross multiply to get 7x equals 4 times 245...
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...or 7x equals 980.
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To solve for x... which is the number of boys in the school... we divide both sides by 7
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to get x = 140.
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The answer is E.
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As in, "Edwina."
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