KnowledgeBoat Logo
|

Mathematics

A school has 630 students. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is 3 : 2. This ratio changes to 7 : 5 after the admission of 90 new students. Find the number of newly admitted boys.

Ratio Proportion

44 Likes

Answer

Ratio of boys to girls = 3 : 2.

No. of boys = 33+2×630=35×630=378.\dfrac{3}{3 + 2} \times 630 = \dfrac{3}{5} \times 630 = 378.

No. of girls = 23+2×630=25×630=252.\dfrac{2}{3 + 2} \times 630 = \dfrac{2}{5} \times 630 = 252.

Let no. of newly admitted boys be x and so girls = 90 - x.

According to question on admission of 90 new students ratio changes to 7 : 5.

378+x252+90x=75378+x342x=755(378+x)=7(342x)5(378+x)=7(342x)1890+5x=23947x5x+7x=2394189012x=504x=50412x=42.\therefore \dfrac{378 + x}{252 + 90 - x} = \dfrac{7}{5} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{378 + x}{342 - x} = \dfrac{7}{5} \\[1em] \Rightarrow 5(378 + x) = 7(342 - x) \\[1em] \Rightarrow 5(378 + x) = 7(342 - x) \\[1em] \Rightarrow 1890 + 5x = 2394 - 7x \\[1em] \Rightarrow 5x + 7x = 2394 - 1890 \\[1em] \Rightarrow 12x = 504 \\[1em] \Rightarrow x = \dfrac{504}{12} \\[1em] \Rightarrow x = 42.

Hence, there are 42 newly admitted boys.

Answered By

21 Likes


Related Questions