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after 12 girls left the school assembly the ratio of the number of boys to girls is 3 to 4. if there were w boys at the assembly

, write an algebraic expression for the number of girls at the beginning of the assembly in terms of w

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son4ous [18]3 years ago

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Let g = original # of girls at the assembly.
Let w = # of boys at the assembly.

Equation of ratios:

w 3 boys
------- = ---- = --------------------------------------------
g-12 4 girls after 12 have left assembly
4w + 36
Cross-mult., 4w = 3g - 36, so 4w + 36 = 3g, and g = --------------- (answer)
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This is "original # of girls at the assembly in terms of w, the # of boys at the assembly."

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