Percentage Mcqs
Q. The ratio of the number of boys and girls 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_________?
a. 50
b. 72
c. 75
d. 76
Let the number of boys be 3x and number of girls be 2x.
Number of scholarship holders
= (20/100 ×3x+ 30/100 ×2x) = 6x/5
Number of those who do not hold scholarship
= (5x- 6x/5) = 19x/5
Required percentage = (19x/5 × 1/5x ×100) % = 76 %
