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In the school 4/5 of the students are boys and the no of girls is 100.find the no of boys?
9 years ago

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Reiny
let the total number be x
(4/5)x are boys
(1/5)x are girls, but
(1/5)x = 100
x = 500

So we have 100 girls and 400 boys
9 years ago

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