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  1. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3 : 2. If 20% of the boys and 30% of the girls are scholarship holders, then the percentage of students, who do not get scholarship, is
    1. 50%
    2. 72%
    3. 75%
    4. 76%
Correct Option: D

Let the number of boys = 3k and that of girls = 2k
Number of boys who do not hold scholarship = 80% of 3k

Number of boys who do not hold scholarship = 3k ×
80
=
12k
1005

Number of girls who do not hold scholarship = 2k ×
70
=
14k
10010

∴ Number of students who do not hold scholarship =
12k
+
14k
510

=
24k + 14k
10

Number of students who do not hold scholarship =
38k
10

∴ Required percentage =
38k
10
× 100
5k

Required percentage
=
38
× 100 = 76%
10 × 5



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