Question

In a school, 5 by 8 of the students are boys. if there are 480 girls, find the number of boys in the school.

Answer 1

Let boys - 5/8x Total student - x Girls= 480 =5/8x+480=x 480=x-5/8x 480=3/8x X=480*8/3 X=1280 Boys=5/8x=800