Question

in a school 3/5 of the students are girls. if the number of boys in the school is 200, find the total number of students in the school.

and please give the answer step by step explain in copy
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Answer 1

Answer:

Let the total number of students be a

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

=> 3a/5 + 200 = a

=> a - 3a/5 = 200

=> 2a / 5 = 200

=> a = 200 ×5 / 2

=> a = 100 × 5

=> a = 500

Total number of students = 500