Question

There are 40 students in the school play. If there are three times as many girls as boys in the play,how many girls and how many boys are there in the play?

Answer 1

Answer:

10 girls and 30 boys

Step-by-step explanation:

let let girls be X and boys be 3x.

3x+x=40

4x=40

x=40÷4

=10

now number of girls=x×10=10girls

and

number of boys is=3×10=30

so,