5/8 the number of boys in a school.if there are 240 girls.find the number of boys?
To find the number of boys in the school, we can set up an equation using the information given. Let's represent the number of boys in the school as 'x'.
According to the given information, "5/8 the number of boys" is equal to 240 girls.
Mathematically, we can write this as:
(5/8) * x = 240
To solve for 'x', we need to isolate it on one side of the equation.
To isolate 'x', we can multiply both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 5/8, which is 8/5:
((5/8) * x) * (8/5) = 240 * (8/5)
This simplifies to:
x = (240 * 8) / 5
Now, we can calculate the value of 'x':
x = 1920 / 5
x = 384
So, the number of boys in the school is 384.
Out of every 8 students, there are 5 boys and 3 girls. So,
b/g = 5/3
g = 240
so, b = 400
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5/8 of the students in a school are boys. There are 240 girls. How many boys are there?