Question

If 3 out of every 5 students are female, determine the number of female students if 800 enrolled are male.

Answer 1

1200 female students.

Step-by-step explanation:

If 3 out of every 5 students are female, then:

2 out of every 5 students are Male.

Let the total number of students= x

Therefore:

`(2)/(5)* x=800`

We then solve for x.

`\begin{gathered} 2x=800*5 \\ x=(4000)/(2) \\ x=2000 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the number of female students is:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Female}=2000-800 \\ =1200 \end{gathered}`

There are 1200 female students.