A college organised a function in which 1/3rd of boys and 1/2 of girls are present. Total number of students present is:

Answer: Data inadequate

To solve the problem, let us assume the total number of boys is $B$ and the total number of girls is $G$ . According to the problem:

$frac{1}{3}$ of the boys are present, so the number of boys present is $frac{B}{3}$
$frac{1}{2}$ of the girls are present, so the number of girls present is $frac{G}{2}$ .

The total number of students present is given as:

$B + G = Total students present .$

The problem does not give the total number of boys ( $B$ ) or girls ( $G$ ), nor a relationship between $B$ and $G$ .
Without this, we cannot calculate the total number of students present.

Since no additional information about $B$ and $G$ is given, the correct answer is:

(D) Data inadequate.

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