Question

one fourth of the boys and three -eight of girls in school participated in the annual sports. What fractional part of the total student population of the school participated in the annual sports​

Answer 1

Answer:

total 4 students take participate in sport out of 12 . Hence, one-third of total students in that school take participate in annualsports .

Answer 2

Answer:

If x are the number of boys in school and y are the number of girls in the school then (2x+3y)/8 are the total number of students who took part in the annual sports event.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of boys in the school be x

Let the number of girls in the school be y

Then the number of boys who participated in sports is x/4

The number of girls who articipated in sports is 3y/8

Total number of students in school = x+y

Total number of students who participated in sports = x/4 + 3y/8 = (2x+3y)/8

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