Question

the number of boys and girls in a class are in the rqtio 7:5 the number of boys is 8 more than the number of girls what is tge total class strength?​

Answer 1

Answer:

boys=7x

girls=5x

7x-5x=8

x=4

total strength of class will be 12x=12×4=48

Answer 2

Answer:

let boys be 7x

and girls be 5x

as given

5x +8 =7x

8 = 7x-5x

8 = 2x

x = 4

no of boys will be 7×4 ....28

no of girls will be 5 ×4 .......20

Tolal strength .....

48