Question

In a class of 56 student the number of boys are two fifth of girls .Find the number of boys and girls...

Answer 1

Let the number of boys and girls be 2x and 5x respectively(according to given ratio)

2x+5x=56
7x=56
X=56/7
x=8

Number of boys=2x=16
Number of girls=5x=40

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