SOLUTION: There are 24 kids in Mrs Jones' class. There are twice as many girls as boys. How many boys & girls are there?
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Question 286669: There are 24 kids in Mrs Jones' class. There are twice as many girls as boys. How many boys & girls are there?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number of boys be x
there are rwice as much girls
So girls=2x
Total students = Total number of boys + total number of girls
2x+x=24
3x=24
x=24/8
x=8
Number of boys = 8
Number of girls = 2x= 2*8=16
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