Question

In Little flowers school, for a school drill, the students are divided into 2 groups of lilies and daisies.The ratio of lilies: daisies = 8:3. The ratio of boys: girls is 7:4. $60\%$ of the daisy group is boys.

What is the difference in the number of boys who are in the lily group and the number of girls in the daisy group, given that there are 48 girls in the daisy group?

• A. 200
• B. 240
• C. 160
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C 160

1.2X is given as 48 hence x will be 40.

So the number of boys in lilies will be $5.2\times 40=208$

So the difference will be 208 - 48 = 160