There were 250 student in a room. 2/5 of the girls and 1/10 of the boys wore spectacles,
(a) how many boys wore spectacles?
(b) how many girls wore spectacles?
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There were 250 student in a room. 2/5 of the girls and 1/10 of the boys wore spectacles. If the same number of boys and girls did not wear spectacles,
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3/5 = 150 were boys
(a) 1/10 * 150
(b) 100 - (a)
To find the number of boys and girls wearing spectacles, first, we need to determine the number of boys and girls in the room.
Let's assume the number of boys is "b," and the number of girls is "g."
According to the given information:
- 2/5 of the girls wore spectacles, which means (2/5) * g.
- 1/10 of the boys wore spectacles, which means (1/10) * b.
We also know that there were 250 students in total, so we can form the equation:
b + g = 250
Now, we can solve the equation simultaneously with the given information to find the values of b and g.
First, let's multiply (2/5) by g:
(2/5) * g = (2g/5)
Next, let's multiply (1/10) by b:
(1/10) * b = (b/10)
Now, we can set up the equation:
(b/10) + (2g/5) = 250
To simplify the equation, we can multiply both sides by 10 to eliminate the denominators:
10 * [(b/10) + (2g/5)] = 10 * 250
This simplifies to:
b + (4g/5) = 2500
Now, if we multiply both sides by 5 to eliminate the fraction:
5 * (b + (4g/5)) = 5 * 2500
This simplifies to:
5b + 4g = 12,500
By solving this equation simultaneously with the equation b + g = 250, we can find the values of b and g.
Now we can use a method like substitution or elimination to solve the equations. Let's use the elimination method:
Multiply the second equation by 4 to cancel out the g term:
4 * (b + g) = 4 * 250
4b + 4g = 1000
Now, subtract the first equation from this new equation:
(4b + 4g) - (5b + 4g) = 1000 - 12500
-b = -11500
To isolate the variable, multiply both sides of the equation by -1:
(-1)(-b) = (-1)(-11500)
b = 11500
Substitute the value of b into one of the original equations:
b + g = 250
11500 + g = 250
g = 250 - 11500
g = -11250
This result doesn't make sense since the number of students cannot be negative. Thus, there might be an error in the given information.
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