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A school has 1000 students divided into 2 groups, A and B. After a month, 4% of A shifted to B and 25 students from B shifted to A. The number of students in each group stayed the same. How many students did A have?
  • a)
    600
  • b)
    625
  • c)
    500
  • d)
    None of these
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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A school has 1000 students divided into 2 groups, A and B. After a mo...
To solve this problem, we can use a system of equations to represent the given information. Let's denote the number of students in group A as A and the number of students in group B as B.

1. Setting up the equations:
- Initially, A + B = 1000 (Total number of students in the school)
- After a month, 0.04A students from group A shifted to group B, so the number of students in group A becomes 0.96A.
- Similarly, 25 students from group B shifted to group A, so the number of students in group B becomes B - 25.

2. Equating the number of students in each group:
Since the number of students in each group stayed the same, we can set up the following equation:
0.96A = B - 25

3. Solving the system of equations:
Now, we have two equations:
A + B = 1000 (Equation 1)
0.96A = B - 25 (Equation 2)

We can solve this system of equations by substitution or elimination method. Here, we'll use substitution:

From Equation 1, we have A = 1000 - B

Substituting A in Equation 2, we get:
0.96(1000 - B) = B - 25
960 - 0.96B = B - 25
960 + 25 = B + 0.96B
985 = 1.96B
B = 985/1.96
B ≈ 502

Now, we can substitute the value of B in Equation 1 to find A:
A + 502 = 1000
A = 1000 - 502
A = 498

Therefore, group A initially had 498 students.

However, none of the given options matches this answer. So, there might be an error in the question or the options provided.
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4% of the students of A = 25. So, answer is 625
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