Question

There are 15 girls and x boys in a school parade square. A student is selected at random. Given that in terms of x, the probability that the student is a girl is 1/5, find the value of x

Answer 1

Answer:

75 boys are present

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, from given,

No. of girls=15

No. of boys= x

and

1/5(No.of boys) = No. of girls

x=5×15

x=75