SOLUTION: There are 46 boys and girls that attend a play. There are 8 more girls than boys. Let X be the number of girls and Y be the number of boys. How many boys and girls attended the dan
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Question 756908: There are 46 boys and girls that attend a play. There are 8 more girls than boys. Let X be the number of girls and Y be the number of boys. How many boys and girls attended the dance?
Answer by dkppathak(439) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let X be the number of girls and Y be the number of boys
as per given conditions
x=y+8
x-y=8 (1)
x+y=46 (2) by elimination method we can calculate
2x=54
x=27
y=46-27=19 ANSWER 19,27
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