Question

the ratio of boys and girls in a school is 8:3. if the total number of girls be 375. find the number of boys in the school.
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Answer 1

Answer:

let the no of boys and girls be 8x and 3x respectively

according to the question

no of girls given = 375

3x=375

x= 125

no of boys =8x= 8×125 = 1000

no of boys in school is 1000