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1985 AJHSME Problem 16
The ratio of boys to girls in Mr. Brown's math class is 2:3. If there are 30 students in the class, how many more girls than boys are in the class?
\textbf{(A)}\ 10 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2
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