Question

The boys and girls in a school are in the ratio of 8 : 5. If the number of girls is 160, what is the total strength of the school?

Answer 1

416

let the number of children be x

here we are having children in ratio 8:3 so

5/13 *x=160 that is the number of girls

from here total number of children are 416

Answer 2

Answer:

416 students

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of boys = 8x

Let The number of girls = 5x

therefore,

8x+160=13x

160=5x

160/5 = x

32 = x

Boys = 32*8= 256

Girls = 32*5= 160

Strength= 416