Question

if 70% of the students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 540 find the number of boys in the school

Answer 1

Total students be x

Percentage of boys=70%

Percentage of girls=30%

No. of girls= 540

30%of x=540

30/100*x=540

X= 1800

No of boys=70/100 × 1800

=1260

So there are 1260 boys in the school