Question

In a school, 5/8 of the students are boys. If there are 240 girls, find the number of boys in the school.

Answer 1

Answer:

boys =400

Step-by-step explanation:

Let be the total no. of students be x

If boys =5/8  

Then A/Q

5x/8+240=x

5x/8-x=-240

-3x/8=-240

3x/8=240

3x=240×8

x=240×8/3

x=640

Boys =640-240

         =400boys

Answer 2

Answer:

5/8x are boys. That means 1-(5/8)x=3/8x are girls. 3/8x=240. Therefore x= 240*8/3= 640 students .

640-240 = 400

400 are boys..

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