Question

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

Answer 1

If 5/8 students are boys,

Then 3/8 students are girls.

3/8 female students= 240 (given)

Total no. of students= x

So, 3/8 × x = 240

x = 240×8/3

x = 640

So no. of boys = 5/8 ×640 =400

Answer 2

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