A fan club that comprises of boys and girls have a total of 160 members. If 32 more girls join the club, the percentage of girls will increase by 5%. Find the number of boys in the club.

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anonymous · Answer

let suppose no. of girls be y and no. of boys be x.
So,
    x+y=160
now let %age of girls be z
then,
      y*100/160=z
by adding 32 girls,
      (y+32)100/(160+32)=z+5
by solving this we get
        y=62
by this
62+x=160
x=98

anonymous · Answer

Wait... but somehow the answer says the no of boys is 48.:(

anonymous · Answer

sorry sorry sorry....................
by mistake i calculated it wrong...............sorry for that again......ans is 48

anonymous · Answer

Nvm... haha..Thank you :DD