SOLUTION: Gale and her classmates are taking a trip. The number of girls going on the trip was 5 more than twice the number of boys. There were 21 girls going on the trip. How many boys were

Question 1172969: Gale and her classmates are taking a trip. The number of girls going on the trip was 5 more than twice the number of boys. There were 21 girls going on the trip. How many boys were going?
Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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From the condition, twice the number of boys is 21 - 5 = 16.

From this point, there is only one easy step to get the answer,
and I leave this step for you to complete the solution on your own.

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