SOLUTION: In a school 3 /8 students are boys and 850 are girls. Find the number of boys

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Question 1070910: In a school 3 /8 students are boys and 850 are girls. Find the number of boys

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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So 5%2F8 must then be girls,
N%5Bg%5D=X%285%2F8%29=850
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N%5Bb%5D=X%285%2F8%29
N%5Bb%5D=%28850%2F%285%2F8%29%29%2A%283%2F8%29
N%5Bb%5D=850%288%2F5%29%2A%283%2F8%29
N%5Bb%5D=850%283%2F5%29