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Question
In a college, out of 4320 students, 2300 are girls. Find the ratio of number of boys to the number of girls.
Solution
Total number of students = 4320
Number of girls = 2300
Number of boys = 4320 − 2300 = 2020
Required ratio = `2020/2300 = (2xx2xx5xx101)/(2xx2xx5xx115) = 101/115`
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