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Class 6 Patience and 6 Gentleness had the same number of pupils. The ratio of the number of girls in 6 Patience to the number of girls in 6 Gentleness was 1 : 10. The ratio of the number of boys in 6 Patience to the number of boys in 6 Gentleness was 4 : 1.
  1. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Class 6 Patience?
  2. If there were 21 fewer boys than girls in Class 6 Gentleness, how many pupils were there each class?
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Class 6 Patience and 6 Gentleness had the same number of pupils. The ratio of the number of girls in 6 Patience to the number of girls in 6 Gentleness was 1 : 10. The ratio of the number of boys in 6 Patience to the number of boys in 6 Gentleness was 4 : 1.
  1. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Class 6 Patience?
  2. If there were 21 fewer boys than girls in Class 6 Gentleness, how many pupils were there each class?