In a school 5/8 of the students are boys. If there are 240 girls, find the number of boys in the school
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40 boys in the school
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Fraction of boys = 5/8
Fraction of girls = 1 - 5/8 = 3/8
Let the total number of students be x
So, girls = 3/8 × x
240 = 3/8 × x
x = 240×8/3 = 640
Number of boys = 5/8 of 640
= 5/8 × 640
= 400
Fraction of girls = 1 - 5/8 = 3/8
Let the total number of students be x
So, girls = 3/8 × x
240 = 3/8 × x
x = 240×8/3 = 640
Number of boys = 5/8 of 640
= 5/8 × 640
= 400
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