Thirty boys and X girls sat for a test. The mean of the boys' scores and that of the girls were respectively 6 and 8. Find 8 if the total score was 468.

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Mathematics - 1984 Subject: General Mathematics

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Thirty boys and X girls sat for a test. The mean of the boys' scores and that of the girls were respectively 6 and 8. Find 8 if the total score was 468.
Answer Details
Le the number of girls = A; Total score of boys = 30  ×  6 = 180
Total score of girls = A  ×  8 = 8A
∴  180 + 8A = 468
8A = 288
A = 36

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