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.

Asked by savi1405 | 10th Jun, 2016, 10:22: PM

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Answered by satyajit samal | 13th Jun, 2016, 09:06: AM

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