Madhya Pradesh Police Exam Model Paper 5

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Given:
Ratio of males and females of a village = 5 : 3
Number of males in village = 800
Calculation:
Let the number of males and females be 5x and 3x respectively
$\Rightarrow 5\mathit{x}=800$
$\Rightarrow \mathit{x}=160$
Number of females = 3x
$\Rightarrow 3\times 160$
⇒ 480
∴ The number of females is 480