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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Step-by-step explanation:
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
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Total Students = 8/8 x
Number of Boys = 5/8 x
Number of girls = 8/8 - 5/8
= 3/8x
Given
===> 3/8 x = 240
===>. x. = 240 ×8 / 3
===>. x. =. 640
Total students = 640
Number of boys= 640 - 240
= 400
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