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1984 AHSME Problem 6
In a certain school, there are three times as many boys as girls and nine times as many girls as teachers. Using the letters b, g, t to represent the number of boys, girls and teachers, respectively, then the total number of boys, girls and teachers can be represented by the expression
\mathrm{(A) \ }31b \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ }\frac{37}{27}b \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } 13g \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ }\frac{37}{27}g \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } \frac{37}{27}t
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