DIRECTIONS for the question: Solve the following question and mark the best possible option.
In a class the total of boys and girls is 200. Each boy got 2 sweets and each girl got 3 sweets and the total sweets distributed were 450. Find the number of girls.
A)
75
B)
10
C)
50
D)
80
E)
None of these
C
Let boys = B and Girls = G. So B + G = 200……(i) and 2B + 3G = 450…..(ii). Solving these two equations we get G = 50.