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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

A.

38

B.

24

C.

36

D.

22

E.

41

Correct answer is C

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 = 2888

= 36