Question

In a school of 6,422 students, ratio of girls to
boys 5:8,1/5 th of the girls and 1/8th of the boys
took part in a school camp. Fraction of the total
strength took part in the camp is​

Answer 1

answer : 988

solution: let the number of girls be 5x and boys be 8x. sum of boys and girls is equal to 6422 by this we get no. of boys and girls then we find one fifth of the girls and 1/8 of boys