Verbal Reasoning - Arithmetic Reasoning - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Arithmetic Reasoning - Section 1 (Q.No. 3)
3.
An institute organised a fete and 1/5 of the girls and 1/8 of the boys participated in the same. What fraction of the total number of students took part in the fete ?
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Srikanth naik said:
8 years ago
x=1/5:y=1/8, x+y=1/5+1/8=5+8/40=13/40 is answer.
Chandini said:
8 years ago
According to the question.
1/5+1/8.
=13/40.
1/5+1/8.
=13/40.
Devansh said:
8 years ago
Let the total no of students be x.
x=x/8+x/5.
=5x/40+8x/40.
x=13x\40.
No of student = 13/40(as x will be cancel from both side).
x=x/8+x/5.
=5x/40+8x/40.
x=13x\40.
No of student = 13/40(as x will be cancel from both side).
Bin Yamin said:
9 years ago
Let total number of girls in the institute=x.
Total number of boys=y.
Now,
Girls participate 1/5 of x and boys participate 1/8 of y
Which becomes
x/5+y/8.
8x+5y/40 is correct answer.
which is not found in the given answer.
Therefore inadequate.
Total number of boys=y.
Now,
Girls participate 1/5 of x and boys participate 1/8 of y
Which becomes
x/5+y/8.
8x+5y/40 is correct answer.
which is not found in the given answer.
Therefore inadequate.
Lilyana said:
9 years ago
Yes, I agree @Manika.
Joshua said:
9 years ago
According to me, the answer is 13/40.
Dhanesh said:
9 years ago
Yes, you are correct @Parusharam.
Amit chetry said:
9 years ago
I think you are correct @Malay.
Manikandan said:
9 years ago
You are correct @Manika.
Parusharam said:
9 years ago
My option also 13/40. If we see the percentage based.
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