Question

If 60 percent of the students were boys and the number of girls is 972 how many boys were there in school.

Answer 1

Given,

Total boys = 60%

Total girls = 972

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Total % of girls = 100 - 60 = 40%

Let total students = x

So, 40% of x = 972

40x/100 = 972

x = 97200/40

x = 2430

So total number of students = 2430

Total number of boys = 2430 - 972 = 1458

Hence total number of boys is 1458.

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