Question

in a school 5/6 of students are boys and there are 240 girls how many boys are in the school
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Answer 1

Answer:

1200 are the boys are in the school

Answer 2

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fraction of boys = 5/6

fraction of girls= 1-5/6

= 6-5/6 = 1/6

let the total no. of students be x

so girls =1/6 × x

=x/6

240= x/6

240×6=x

1440= x

Number of boys= 5/6 of 1440

= 1200 answer

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