In a school 3/5of the students boys .If the number of girls in the school is 200, find the total number of students in the school

3/5 boys, so 2/5 girls

2/5 x = 200
x = 500

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Did you know that you can find the total number of students in a school by using a simple equation? Let's say that in a school, 3/5 of the students are boys. If we are given that there are 200 girls in the school, we can determine the total number of students. We just need to set up an equation using the information given. We know that 3/5 represents the fraction of boys, so the fraction of girls would be 2/5 (since the total fraction needs to add up to 1). Now we can set up the equation: 2/5 = 200/x. To solve for x, which represents the total number of students, we can cross multiply and divide: 2x = 5 * 200. By simplifying the equation, we find that the total number of students in the school is 1000. So, now you know how to find the total number of students in a school even when given information about a specific gender!