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      Question

      In a class of 40 students, the ratio of boys and girls

      is 3 : 2 and the average marks scored by boys is 42 and by girls is 46. Then the average marks scored by the whole class is:
      A 43.4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B 43.6 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C 43.8 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D 44 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      1. Let the number of boys be 3x and girls be 2x, where 3x + 2x = 40 β‡’ x = 8. 2. Then, boys = 24 and girls = 16. 3. Total marks for boys = 24 Γ— 42 = 1008. 4. Total marks for girls = 16 Γ— 46 = 736. 5. Average marks for the class:

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