Practicing Success
In a class, there are 54 students. $33\frac{1}{3}$% of the number of students are boys and rest are girls. The average score in mathematics of boys is 50% more than that of the girls. If the average score of all the students is 70, then what is the average score of the boys? |
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90 |
33\(\frac{1}{3}\) % = \(\frac{1}{3}\) Number of boys = 54 x \(\frac{1}{3}\) = 18 Number of girls = 54 - 18 = 36 Average score of girls = 2x Average score of boys = 2x × \(\frac{3}{2}\) = 3x 18 x 3x + 36 x 2x = 54 x 70 54x + 72x = 3780 126x = 3780 x = 30 Average score of boys = 30 x 3 = 90 |