In Barsumbat mixed secondary school, there are 120 more boys than girls.Half of the boys are two-thirds of the girls are boarders. If there are...

In Barsumbat mixed secondary school, there are 120 more boys than girls.Half of the boys are two-thirds of the girls are boarders. If there are 480 boarders, find the total number of students in the school.

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