1997 PMWC Problems/Problem I7
Problem
40% of girls and 50% of boys in a class got an 'A'. If there are only 12 students in the class who got 'A's and the ratio of boys and girls in the class is 4:5, how many students are there in the class?
Solution
![\[\frac{2}{5}g + \frac{1}{2}b = 12\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/d/9/5/d95d42d65cb204933a631de26774b6fa115417c8.png)
![\[5b = 4g \Longrightarrow b = \frac{4}{5}g\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/8/7/78796c063ee13ba00f45399fa6ba802d2e37400b.png)
Substituting, 
. So there are 12 boys, and 
students in the class.
See Also
| 1997 PMWC (Problems) | ||
| Preceded by Problem I6 |
Followed by Problem I8 | |
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