You now have 8 identical pieces of fruit. You would like to distribute all 8 of these pieces of fruit to your friends A, B, and C with no conditions (for example, one of your friends could receive all 8 pieces of fruit). In how many different ways can this be done

Step-by-step explanation:

Imagine 8 pieces of fruit and 2 bars are arranged in a line such that the 2 bars split the rest of the fruits into 3 portions.

Hence the number of ways = 10C2 = 45.

36 girls

step-by-step explanation:

the 48 boys is 4 parts of the ratio

divide 48 by 4 to obtain one part of the ratio

= 12 ← 1 part of the ratio

3 parts = 3 × 12 = 36 ← number of girls