Question

IN a college the ratio of the number of boys to girls is 8:5.if there are 160 girls, calculate total number of students??

Answer 1

let the numbers be 8x and 5x
so, A. T. Q
5x=160
x=160/5
x=32
so, total students :
8x+5x
13x
accordingly x=32
so,
total students =13 X 32
so, total students = 416

Answer 2

Answer :-

416

Step - by - Step explanation :-

Given :

The ratio of the number of boys to girls is 8 : 5. There are 160 girls.

Let the number of boys be x

According to the question,

=> 8/5 = x/160

=> 5x = 160 × 8

=> x = (160 × 8)/5 = 256

Total number of students = Number of boys + Number of girls

= 256 + 160 = 416

Hence,

The total number of students in the school = 416

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