SOLUTION: in a school 5/8 of the students are boys and the number of girls is 990, find the number of boys in the school

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Question 446832: in a school 5/8 of the students are boys and the number of girls is 990, find the number of boys in the school
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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If 5/8 of students are boys, then 3/8 must be girls
Let x = total number of students
+%283%2F8%29%2Ax+=+990+
+x+=+%288%2F3%29%2A990+
+x+=+2640+
and
+%285%2F8%29%2A2640+=+1650+
There are 1650 boys in the school