Problem:
The ratio of boys to girls in Mr. Brown's math class is . If there are students in the class, how many more girls than boys are in the class?
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Solution:
Since the ratio is of the students are boys and of them are girls. Thus there are more girls than boys and .
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The problems on this page are the property of the MAA's American Mathematics Competitions