Question

A school has 950 students. The ratio of female students to all students `48/95`. How do you write and solve a proportion to find the number `f` of students that are female?

Answer 1

480.

Explanation:

As We know the ratio of female students to all students is `48/95`;

We can say that there are `95x` students and `48x` of them are female. [where `x != 0` and it is the HCF of the two numbers]

Again, We know the number of all students is `950`.

So, `95x = 950`

`rArr x = 10`

So, the number of female students = `48 * x` = `48 * 10` = 480.