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In a school\[\frac{5}{6}\]of the students are boys. If there are 240 girls in school. Then find the number of the boys in school.

Answer:

Since the number of boys =\[\frac{5}{6}\] of total number of students Or, number of girls = 1 - \[\frac{5}{6}\] \[=\frac{6-5}{6}=\frac{1}{6}\] Hence, the number of girls =\[\frac{1}{6}\]th of the total number of students \[\because \] \[\frac{1}{6}\]th of the total number of students = 240 \[\therefore \]Total number of students =\[\frac{240}{1}\] =\[\frac{240\times 6}{1}\] = 1440