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Boys and Girls

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November 23, 2011
ratio

Problem Statement

There are 270270 students at Colfax Middle School, where the ratio of boys to girls is 5:45 : 4. There are 180180 students at Winthrop Middle School, where the ratio of boys to girls is 4:54 : 5. The two schools hold a dance and all students from both schools attend. What fraction of the students at the dance are girls?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>718<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>715<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>2245<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>12<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>2345 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span> \dfrac7{18} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span> \dfrac7{15} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span> \dfrac{22}{45} \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span> \dfrac12 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span> \dfrac{23}{45}