If two-thirds of a class of 96 students are boys, the number of girls in the class is .
A
64
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B
32
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C
48
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Solution
The correct option is B 32 Total number of students in the class=96 Given that two-thirds of the class are boys. i.e.23×96=2×32=64 Thus, there are 64 boys in the class. Number of girls in the class=96-64=32