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The ratio of boys and girls in a school is 3: 2, 20% of boys and 25% of girls are scholarship holders.…

Take 300 boys and 200 girls. Scholarship holders number 60+50 = 110 out of 500, so the percentage is 22%.

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The ratio of boys and girls in a school is 3: 2, 20% of boys and 25% of girls are scholarship holders. The percentage of students who are scholarship holders are?

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Take 300 boys and 200 girls. Scholarship holders number 60+50 = 110 out of 500, so the percentage is 22%.

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