Question

The boys and girls in school are in ration of 9:5 if the total strength of school is 448 then find number of girls present in school.

Answer 1

Answer:

160

Step-by-step explanation:

9x+5x=448

14x=448

X=32

so the no. of girls=32*5=160

Answer 2

Answer:

ratio of boys and girls- 9:5

total strength of school- 448

let the number of students be x

thus, no. of girls=5x, no. of boys=9x

9x+5x=448

14x=448

x=448/14

x=32

number of boys is 9x=9×32=288

number of girls is 5x=5×32=160