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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 ?
Discussion:
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Joshua said:
9 years ago
According to me, the answer is 13/40.
Lilyana said:
8 years ago
Yes, I agree @Manika.
Bin Yamin said:
8 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.
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).
John said:
10 years ago
All of the above do not address the fact that the boys and girls of the "institute" may include non "students" or adults if "boy" and "girls" is meant to distinguish from non-juvenile students. Sloppy questions can often lead to ambiguities and so many answers.
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.
Shabir Ali Shah said:
8 years ago
According to my opinion, it should be 13/40.
B/C 1/5+1/8=x
==> 5+8/40=x.
Hence 13/40 is the right answer.
B/C 1/5+1/8=x
==> 5+8/40=x.
Hence 13/40 is the right answer.
Udit said:
8 years ago
According to me, it is 13/40 as it has asked us the total no of boys and girls participating in the fete.
So we can solve as:
1/5 girls + 1/8 of boys = total no of students participated in that fete.
Adding we would get 13/40 or OPTION B.
So we can solve as:
1/5 girls + 1/8 of boys = total no of students participated in that fete.
Adding we would get 13/40 or OPTION B.
YASEEN said:
7 years ago
BOYS = 1/8 AND GIRLS = 1/5.
BOYS + GIRLS=1/8+1/5=13/40.
BOYS + GIRLS=1/8+1/5=13/40.
MUHANAD said:
7 years ago
I think it is 2/13.
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