Question

Ratio of girls is 5:7.If girls are 575. What is the number of Boys?

Answer 1

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Given ratio : 5 : 7

Let the girls be 5x and boys be 7x

Thus

=> 5x = 575

=> x = 115

Thus number of boys = 7x

=> 7(115)

=> 805 <<<<<<< Answer

Therefore there are 805 boys in the class

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Answer 2

lets the girls number be 5x
then x= 575/5
x=115
number of boys = 7×115
= 805
so the number of boys is 805