SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem. Of a group of boys and girls at Central Middle School's after-school party, 15 girls left early to play in a volleyball game. The ratio of boys

Question 830192: Please help me solve this problem. Of a group of boys and girls at Central Middle School's after-school party, 15 girls left early to play in a volleyball game. The ratio of boys to girls then remaining was 2 to 1. Later, 45 boys left for a football game. The ratio of girls to boys was then 5 to 1. How many students attended the party?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let b = original number of boys
let g = original number of girls
:
Of a group of boys and girls at Central Middle School's after-school party, 15 girls left early to play in a volleyball game.
The ratio of boys to girls then remaining was 2 to 1.
=
Cross multiply
b = 2(g-15)
b = 2g - 30
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Later, 45 boys left for a football game. The ratio of girls to boys was then 5 to 1.
=
cross multiply
g - 15 = 5(b-45)
g - 15 = 5b - 225
g = 5b - 225 + 15
g = 5b - 210
Replace b with (2g-30)
g = 5(2g-30) - 210
g = 10g - 150 - 210
g = 10g - 360
360 = 10g - g
360 = 9g
g = 360/9
g = 40 girls originally
find b
b = 2(40) - 30
b = 50 boys originally
" How many students attended the party?"
40 + 50 = 90 students
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