Question

In a school 5/6 of the students are boys. If there are 240 girls, then the number of boys in the school is *
1440
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Answer 1

Answer:

1400 please mark me brainlist

Answer 2

Answer:

Let the total students be =x

Number of girls = 240

Number of boys = x-240

But ,

given = 5/6 of total students are boys

= 5x/6 boys

Now ,

5x/6 + 240 = x

5x/6 + 6x/6 = 240

x/6 = 240

x= 6×240

x=1440

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