Question

At a schoo, l there are 864 students and 80 staff members. 5/8 of the students are boys (1) how many girls are there in the school (2) 1/6 of the boys joined the basketball team and 2/9 of the boys joined the bootfall team. how many more boys are there in the football team than the basketball team? ​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

No . of boys in the school =1/6×864

=144 are boys students in school

(1). no of girls students in school in school = 864-144

=720

so no of girls in school = 720 .

(2). no of boys in basket ball team = 1/6×144

=144/6

=24 students .

no of boys in football team =2/9×144

=144×2/9

=32 students .

no of students more in football team = 32students- 24 students

= 8 students ...... |