SOLUTION: 2/5 of the children in the club are girls. if there are 24 boys, how many children are there altogether?how many more boys than girls are there?

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Question 639609: 2/5 of the children in the club are girls. if there are 24 boys, how many children are there altogether?how many more boys than girls are there?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let's the number of the children in the club be
given: of the children in the club are girls...->...









.........there are altogether children

..there are girls

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