Question

55%are boys in a school and 144 r girls how many boys r there?​

Answer 1

Answer:

176

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of girls = 144

Let the number of students be x.

144+55/100x=X

55/100x-x=-144

55x-100x/100=-144

-45x=-14400

X=14400/45

x = 320

Hence there are 320 students in the

number of boys =320-144=176

Answer 2

Answer:

176 boys

Step-by-step explanation:

there are 55% boys

therefore, there are 100 - 55 = 45% girls

therefore 45% = 144

dividing it by 9

therefore 5% = 16

multiplying it by 11

55% = 176

therefors there are 176 boys