Question

The ratio of number of girls to that of boys is 5:3 then what percentage of total students are girls

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

• if the ratio of girl to the boy is 5:3
• then sum of ratio is 5+3=8
• so 5/8×100&3/8×100
• 5/2×25&3/2×25
• 125/2&75/2
• 62.5%&37.5%
• girls % is 62.5%
• and boys % is 37.5%