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ISEE Middle Level
Quantitative Reasoning

Adults and Children Ratio Problem

Hard Word Problems Algebraic Reasoning

In a town, the ratio of adults to children is 5 to 3. If there are 120 adults in the town, how many children are there?

Let the number of adults be represented by $A$ and the number of children by $C$.

The ratio can be expressed as:
$\f\frac{A}{C} = \f\frac{5}{3}$

Using the equation provided, find the value of $C$.

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