Question 1204936: A drama class has a total of 44 students. The number of males is 8 more than the number of females. How many males and how many females are in the class?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52810)   (Show Source):
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Let M be the number of males
and F be the number of females.
Write two equations as you read the problem
M + F = 44 (1) (a total of 44 students)
M - F = 8 (2) (The number of males is 8 more than the number of females)
Add equations (1) and (2) (both sides). You will get
2M = 44 + 8 = 52.
Hence, M = 52/2 = 26.
Then from equation (1), F = 44-26 = 18.
?ANSWER. 26 males, 18 females.
Other solution methods are applicable and possible, too,
but this one is the most educative (in my point of view).
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Answer by greenestamps(13200)  (Show Source):
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Let the number of females be x.
Then, since the number of males is 8 more than the number of females, the number of males is x+8.,br>
The total number of students is 44:
x+(x+8) = 44
2x+8 = 44
2x = 36
x = 18
ANSWERS:
number of females: x = 18
number of males: x+8 = 26
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