The total number of students enrolled at Hebron is 1,800 students. If the ratio of boys to girls is also 2 to 7 for the school, how many students are boys and how many students are girls at Hebron? Show your work or explain your thinking.

The total number of students enrolled at Hebron is 1,800 students. If the ratio of boys to girls is also 2 to 7 for the school, how many students are boys and how many students are girls at Hebron? Show your work or explain your thinking.

Intermediate Algebra

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Author:Lynn Marecek

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