Question

Ina school 5/8 of the total students are girls.If the number of girls is 120 more than that of boys,what is the strength of the school? How many boys are there?

Answer 1

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Answer. Therefore the total strength of the school is 480.

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Answer 2

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Let the population be x

$\bold {No. \: of \: girls \: are \: 5/8x (g)}$

No. of boys b are 3/8x

Given that g=120+b

5x/8=120+3x/8

2x/8=120

x/4=120

x=480

∴Strength of school=480

No. of girls= 5/8×480=300

No. of boys=480−300=180

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