Question

In a school , 5/6 of the students are boys and their are 240 girls. Find the total number of boys in the school

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Number of girls in school , $g=240$

Fraction of boys in school , $fb=\frac{5}{6}$

To find:

Total number of boys in the school , $b$

Solution:

• Let the total number of students in school , $n=1$

• Number of students in school =Number of boys + Number of girls

     i.e. $n=b+g$      

• Fraction of girls = Total number of students - Fraction of boys

                           =$1-(\frac{5}{6})$

                           =$\frac{1}{6}$

• Number of girls = Total number of students × Fraction of girls

                                                $240 = n\times \frac{1}{6}$

                                                   $n=6\times 240$

                                                     $n=1440$

• Number of boys = Total number of students - Number of girls

                                  $b=n-g$

                                  $b=1440-240$

                                  $b=1200$

Hence, total number of boys in school = $1200$                  

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