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When Chinmay visted chowpati at Mumbai on a holiday, he observed that the ratio of North Indian food stalls to South Indian food stalls is 5:4. If the total number of food stalls is 117, find the number of each type of food stalls.

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Given: Ratio of North Indian food stalls to South Indian food stalls is 5:4.

Assume the number of North Indian food stalls are 5x and the number of South Indian food stalls are 4x.
Total number of food stalls =117

5x + 4x=117

9x = 117

x = 13
Number of North Indian food stalls is 65.
Number of South Indian food stalls is 52.

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