Question

Arithmetic Reasoning question:

An institute organised a fete and 1/5 of the girls and 1/8 of the boys participated in the same. What fraction of the total number of students took part in the fete ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let no of girls is 5, so 1/5 of 5= 1, and no of boys is 8, so 1/8 of 8=1.

Total students=8+5=13.

No of participants =1+1=2.

So the fraction be =2/13....

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

$\frac {8x + 5y}{40(x+y)}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of girls be x. and the total number of boys be y.

Students taking part in the fete,

=> x/5 + y/8

=> $\frac {8x + 5y}{40}$

Total students = x + y.

=> Fraction of the total number of students taking part in the fete =

$\frac {8x + 5y}{40}$ * $\frac {1}{x+y}$

=> Fraction of the total number of students taking part in the fete = $\frac {8x + 5y}{40(x+y)}$

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