The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2. If 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are scholarship holders, the percentage of the school students who are not scholarship holders is
Options:
A . 70
B . 80
C . 78
D . 56
Answer: Option C Answer: (c)Let the number of students in school be 100. Boys ⇒ 60 Girls ⇒ 40 Students who do not hold scholarship : Boys ⇒ ${60 × 80}/100$ = 48 Girls ⇒ ${40 × 75}/100$ = 30 Required answer = 48 + 30 = 78 i.e., 78%
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