SOLUTION: from a car wash a service club made $108 that will be divided between the boy scouts and the girl scouts. there were twice as many girls as boys so a decision was made to give the

Question 1003894: from a car wash a service club made $108 that will be divided between the boy scouts and the girl scouts. there were twice as many girls as boys so a decision was made to give the girls twice as much money. how much did each group recieve?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the boys share
= the girls share

The girls received $72
The boys received $36
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