Question

60% of the students in a school are boys and the number of girls are 440. Find the number of boys in the school

Answer 1

Answer:

ANSWER

Let number of boys be x and number of percent 60%

if 60% are boys in a school

then, 40% are girls in a school

Totalamountofstudents=(x+812)

60%of(x+812)isboys(x)

100

60

×(x+812)=x

5

3

(x+812)=x

3x+2436=5x

2x=2436

x=1218

numberofboysare1218