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Consider the data of four schools (S1, S2, S3, S4) in a city in this table below:

SchoolNumber of StudentsPercentage of Boys
IXXXIXIIIXXXIXII
S11209015012540306080
S215010012010030555045
S314012010012020406560
S41001008015035458040

The number of girls in XI in the school S3 is approximately ______% of the number of boys in IX in the school S2.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

The relevant data from the table:

SchoolClassTotal Students% of Boys% of Girls
S3XI10065%100−65=35%100 - 65 = 35\%
S2IX15030%—

The number of girls in School S3 (Class XI):

Girls\text{Girls}

=Total Students×(% Girls)= \text{Total Students} \times (\% \text{ Girls})

=100×35%= 100 \times 35\%

=100×0.35= 100 \times 0.35

=35= 35


The number of boys in School S2 (Class IX):

Boys\text{Boys}

=Total Students×(% Boys)= \text{Total Students} \times (\% \text{ Boys})

=150×30%= 150 \times 30\%

=150×0.30= 150 \times 0.30

=45= 45


The percentage that the number of girls in S3 (Class XI) represents of the number of boys in S2 (Class IX):

Percentage\text{Percentage}

=(Girls (S3, XI)Boys (S2, IX))×100= \left( \frac{\text{Girls (S3, XI)}}{\text{Boys (S2, IX)}} \right) \times 100

=(3545)×100= \left( \frac{35}{45} \right) \times 100

=79×100= \frac{7}{9} \times 100

≈77.78%\approx 77.78\%

Therefore, the answer is 77.78 (Option 3).

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