SOLUTION: Please Help!!! Q) In a school 5/2 times the square root of the total number of children play football, one fourth of the total number of children play tennis and the remaining 28 c

Question 925610: Please Help!!! Q) In a school 5/2 times the square root of the total number of children play football, one fourth of the total number of children play tennis and the remaining 28 children play basketball. Find the total number of children in school??
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if the total number of children is
play football
play tennis
the remaining children play basketball
so, ....solve for , both sides multiply by

....square both sides

solutions:

...we can not use decimal for number of the children

=> our solution is
check:
so, if the total number of children is
play football
play tennis
the remaining children play basketball

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