# Problem 9

The mayor of SmallTown was worried that he might need to build a new school. He  counted the number of children under the age of 13 and found that there are 9 boys to every 10 girls living in SmallTown USA.. There are a total of 2,622 children living inside the city limits. How many girls are there?

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