Question

17. The ratio of boys and girls in a school is 8:3. If the total number of girls be 375, find the
number of boys in the school.​

Answer 1

Answer:

There are 1000 boys in the school

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of boys be 8x

The number of girls is, therefore, 3x

But 3x= 375

x= 125

Therefore the number of boys in the school = 8x

                                                                         = 8 x 125

                                                                         = 1000