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Boys to girls ratio from averages

Middle school · ●●○○○ 20 pts

In a math test, the average score of a class is 78 points, and the average scores of the boys and the girls are 75.5 points and 81 points, respectively. Write the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class as a:ba:b in lowest terms. Find aa and bb.

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