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Q.

The ratio of boys and girls in a school is 8:3. If the total number of girls be 375 , then among the following choices, find the number of boys in the school.


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a

1000

b

500

c

250

d

100 

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

The ratio of boys to the girls is 8:3 .
375 girls studied in the school.
Let, the number of boys be x .
The number of boys and girls gives the ratio of 8:3 .
x:375=8:3
By solving the above equation,
x= 8×375 3
x=8×125
x=1000
The number of boys in school is 1000 .
Hence option 1) is correct.
 
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