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
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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
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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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