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The ratio of boys to girls in the ninth grade is 6:5. If there are 185 girls in the class, how many boys are there.

The ratio of boys to girls in the ninth grade is 6:5. If there are 185 girls in the class, how many boys are there.
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The ratio of boys to girls in the ninth grade is 6:5. If there are 185 girls in the class, how many boys are there.

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There are 222 boys in the class. You find this by dividing 185 by 5 which gets you 37, so you have to multiply the 6 by 37 to find the amount of boys.
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There is 222 boys and 185 girls
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