Question

The ratio of the number of girls to boys in a class is 3:2. If there 25 more boys in the class then the ratio would have been reversed. The number of girls in the class initially was

Answer 1

Answer:

Let there is x included in the given ratio.

then no. of girls = 3x, and no. of boys = 2x

according to the question,

3x/2x+25 = 2/3

=> 9x = 4x+50

=> 5x = 50

=> x = 50/5=10 answer