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<div><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">There are 40 members in a students council in a school and the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is 3 : 1. How many more girls be added to the council to make the ratio of boys to girls 3 : 2?My answer for this question is coming 6 but it is given as 10.Please clarify where I m going wrong.</span></div>
Asked by savi1405 | 10 Jun, 2016, 10:22: PM
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Answered by satyajit samal | 13 Jun, 2016, 09:06: AM
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