Thirty boys and x girls sat for a rest. The mean of the boys scores and that of the girls were respectively 6 and 8. Find x if the total scores was 468
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A.
38 -
B.
24 -
C.
36 -
D.
22 -
E.
41
Correct Answer: Option C
Explanation
Number of boy’s = 30
Number of girls = x
Mean of boys’ score = 6, for girls = 8
Total score for boys = 30 x 6
Total score for both boys and girls = 468
180 + 8x = 468
x = (frac{288}{8})
= 36