In a certain school, the ratio of boys to girls is 7 : 5. If there are 2400 students in the school, then how many girls are there in the school?
Correct Answer: Description for Correct answer:
Let the number of boys and girls are 7x and 5x,respectively.
Given,total number of students=2400
=> 7x+5x=2400
=> 12x=2400
=> x=200
Required number of girls
=5x=\( \Large 5\times2 \)=1000
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