Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

400

Step-by-step explanation:

Fraction of boys in school=5/8

Fraction of girls in school=1- 5/8

=8-5/8

=3/8

Number of girls in school=240

Let the total number of students be x

By condition,

3/8× x=240

3x/8=240

x=240×8/3

x=80×8

x=640

Number of boys in school=5/8×640

=5×80

=400