Question

4. If 60% of the students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 972,
many boys are there in the school?​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

If 60% is boys then 40% is girls

let the total number of students be x

40% of x = 972

So

$\frac{40}{100} \times x = 972$

$x = 972 \times \frac{100}{40}$

$x = 2430$

Then number of boys

$= 60\% \: \times 2430$

$= \frac{60}{100} \times 2430$

$= 1458$