Question

in a school,5/8 of the students are boys.iif There are 240 girls, find the number of boys in the school.
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Answer 1

Answer:

As 5/8 are boys so 3/8 are girls

let total no. of students be x

then 3x/8=240

x=8*240/3

x=8*80=640

so boys=total-girls

boys=640-240=400

Answer 2

there are 640 students in school