The number of boys and girls in a class are in the ratio 7:5. The number of boys is 8 more than the number of girls. What is the total class strength?
Pawan Prajapati , 4 Years ago
Grade 12
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Harshit Singh
Last Activity: 4 Years ago
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Let the number of boys be 7x and girls be 5x. According to the question, 7x=5x+8 ⇒7x–5x=8 ⇒2x=8 ⇒x=8/2 ⇒x=4 Therefore, Number of boys = 7×4 = 28 And, Number of girls = 5×4 = 20 Total number of students = 20+28 = 48
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