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The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5 : 3. The class has 16 more boys than girls. How many girls are there in the class?

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prawin kumar singh  (11 years ago)

ans 24 girls

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swathi  (9 years ago)

5x-3x=16
x=8
3x=24

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uthra murugesan  (8 years ago)

Explanatory Answer

Let the number of boys in the class be 5k.

And the number of girls in the class be 3k.

The class has 16 more boys. i.e., the difference between the number of boys and girls is 16

i.e., 5k - 3k = 2k = 16

So, k = 8.

Number of girls = 3k = 2 * 8 = 24.

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subhangi  (6 years ago)

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