Question

in a class of 40 students the number of girls is three fifths of the number of boys find the number of boys in the class??????

Answer 1

let no. of boys be x

then no. of girls =3/5 x

according to question
x+3/5x=40
8/5 x=40
x=(40×5)÷8
x=25
so no. of boys are 25