SOLUTION: there are 38 students in a class. find the number of boys and girls in the class if the number of girls exceeds one half of the boys by 17
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Question 912893: there are 38 students in a class. find the number of boys and girls in the class if the number of girls exceeds one half of the boys by 17
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x the number of boys
girls + boys = 38
|Multiplying thru by 2 so as all denominators = 1
x + 34 + 2x = 76
3x = 42
x = 14, the number of boys. Girls 24
And...checking
sum = 38
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