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The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 2 : 3. If 25% of the boys and 30% of the girls are scholarship holders, the percentage of the school students who are not scholarship holders is
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- 72
- 36
- 54
- 60
Correct Option: A
Let Boys in school = 2k and Girls = 3k.
Students who are not scholarship holders :
| Boys ⇒ | = | |||
| 100 | 4 |
| Girls ⇒ | = | |||
| 100 | 10 |
| Total students who do not hold scholarship = | + | |||
| 4 | 10 |
| Total students who do not hold scholarship = | = | = | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 5 |
| ∴ Required percentage = | |
| × 100 = 72% | |
| 5k |
