Question

In a class of 40 students, the number of girl is 5/6 of the number of boy.find the number of girl in the class

Answer 1

Answer:

let the no. of girls be x

then no. of girls be 5x/6

therefore, x+5x/6=40

6x/6+5x/6=40

11x/6=40

x=40×6/11

x=240/11

then no. of girls =5/6x

240/11×5/6

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