Math, asked by sona3562, 5 months ago

the boys and girls in school are in the ratio 9 :5 if the total strength of the school is 448 find the number of girls​

Answers

Answered by srustiA
1

Answer:

32

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Number of boys : number of girls =9:5

Total strength =448

Let number of boys be 9x

Number of girls be 5x

According to the equation we have,

9x+5x=448

⇒14x=448

⇒x=

14

448

⇒x=32

∴ Number of girls are 160

Answered by tamanna9806
1

Answer:

Let the no. of boys and girls be x

no. of boys= 9x

no. of girls= 5x

According to question

9x + 5x = 448

14x = 448

x= 448/14

x= 32

no. of boys= 9x

= 9* 32

= 288

no. of girls= 5x

= 5*32

= 160

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