Question

The boys and the girls in a school are in the ratio 7:4. If total strength of the school be 550 , find the number of boys and girls

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the no. of boys and girls be 7x and 4x respectively.

ATQ,

7x+4x=550

11x=550

x=50

:. No. of boys=7x=(7×50)=350

:. No. of girls=4x=(4×50)=200

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