Question

If 60 percent of students in school are boys and 972 are girls . How many boys are in school

Answer 1

Answer : 1,458 boys

Solution :
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Given that : There are 60% of students in school are boys then percentage of Girls in school = 100–60 = 40%

Also given that : There are 972 girls in the school.

Then number of boys :

$\frac{972}{40} \times 60 \\ \\ = > 1458$

So, there are 1,458 boys in the school.

Answer 2

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