Question

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

Answer 1

I hope it will be help full for you.

Answer 2

Answer:

let the total no. of students in a school is x.

then;

5/8 of x = total students - no. of girls

5/8 of x= x - 240

5x= 8( x- 240)

5x= 8x- 1920

5x- 8x= -1920

-3x= -1920

x= -1920/-3

x= 640

so the total no. of students in the school is 640 .

no. of boys = 5/8 of 640 = 400