SOLUTION: among the reading club members there are 8 more girls than boys.If there are 50 members in all ,how many are boys?
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Question 772372: among the reading club members there are 8 more girls than boys.If there are 50 members in all ,how many are boys?
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among the reading club members there are 8 more girls than boys.If there are 50 members in all ,how many are boys?
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let x=number of girls
50-x=number of boys
50-x=x+8
2x=42
x=21
50-x=29
number of boys=29
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