SOLUTION: Four times as many girls as boys participate in the chorus. If there are total of 140 girls and boys total, how many girls are in the chorus?

SOLUTION: Four times as many girls as boys participate in the chorus. If there are total of 140 girls and boys total, how many girls are in the chorus?

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Question 999723: Four times as many girls as boys participate in the chorus. If there are total of 140 girls and boys total, how many girls are in the chorus?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let x be a number of boys participating.
Then the number of girls is 4x.
In total, 4x + x = 5x boys and girls.

5x = 140,

x = = 28 boys.
140 - 28 = 112 girls.

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