Question

In a class of 40 pupils, the number of girls is three-fifths of the number of boys find the number of boys in the class

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Answer 1

Answer:

There is a class with 40 pupils, three fifth are the girls. so the number of boys will be calculated as follows. Number of boys= ? Hence the total number of boys are 25.

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Answer 2

Pupils=40
Girls in class=3/5
no. of boys = 3/5x40=40 divide by 5 x 3 = 40 divide by 5
= 8 = 3 x 8 = 24
No. Of girls = 24
So 40 - 24 is 16 so there are 16 boys