14 multiplied by 9 is 126
The answer is 126ft
Given:
Total number of students at Colfax Middle School = 270
Ratio of boys to girls is 5:4.
Total number of students at Winthrop Middle School = 180
Ratio of boys to girls is 4:5.
The two schools hold a dance and all students from both schools attend.
To find:
The fraction of the students at the dance are girls
Solution:
There are 270 students at Colfax Middle School, where the ratio of boys to girls is 5:4.

Number of boys 
Number of girls 
There are 180 students at Winthrop Middle School, where the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5.

Number of boys 
Number of girls 
Now,
Total number of students in both schools 

Total number of girls in both schools 

The fraction of the students at the dance are girls is



Therefore, the required fraction is
.
Answers:
So the solution is (x,y) = (4, -1)
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Work Shown:
6x + 7y = 17
6x + 7( y ) = 17
6x + 7( -3x+11 ) = 17 ... replace every copy of y with -3x+11
6x - 21x + 77 = 17
-15x = 17-77
-15x = -60
x = -60/(-15)
x = 4
We'll use this x value to find y
y = -3x+11
y = -3(4)+11 ... replace x with 4
y = -12+11
y = -1
We have x = 4 and y = -1 pair up together to give us the solution (x,y) = (4, -1)
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To check the solution, we plug x = 4 and y = -1 into each equation
Plugging the values into the first equation leads to...
y = -3x+11
-1 = -3(4)+11
-1 = -1
This is effectively already done in the last part of the previous section. But it doesn't hurt to verify like this regardless.
We'll need to verify the second equation as well.
6x + 7y = 17
6(4) + 7(-1) = 17
24 - 7 = 17
17 = 17
We get a true equation, so the solution is confirmed with both equations. Overall, the solution to the system of equations is confirmed. This system is independent and consistent.