The table shows the number of boys and girls enrolled in three colleges A, B and C in five years.
What is the ratio of the total number of boys in the three colleges in 2014 to the total number of girls in the three colleges in 2017?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 58 : 57
Each total is the sum across the three colleges in that year's row; the ratio is then reduced by the common factor.
Boys in 2014 \(=42+42+32=116\)
Girls in 2017 \(=43+30+41=114\)
Ratio \(=116:114=58:57\) (dividing by 2)