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The tennis club and badminton club have a total of 109 members.
The number of boys in the tennis club is 6/11 the members of this club.
The number of girls in the badminton club is 4/9 the members of this club.
How many boys are there in both clubs.
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From the condition, in the tennis club, there are 6x boys and 5x girls,
where x is some counting number, now unknown;
in the badminton club, there are 5y boys and 4y girls,
where y is some (possibly, another) counting number, now unknown.
For these numbers, x and y, we have this equation
(6x+5x) + (5y+4y) = 109, (1)
or
11x + 9y = 109. (2)
We should solve it in integer positive numbers.
From this equation, we write
y = (3)
and we are looking to find such x from the set of integers [1,9] that y in formula (3) be integer.
Making "trials and errors", we find the unique solution
x= 5, y= = = = 6.
ANSWER. The total number of boys in both clubs is 6x + 5y = 6*5 + 5*6 = 60.
Solved.
On the way, I explained to you how to solve Diophantine equation (2) in integer positive numbers.
Notice that we managed to solve a problem with only one equation in two unknowns.
It was possible because the other restriction was that the solution must be in integer (whole) numbers.
Use capital letters B and G for boys and girls in the tennis club and
small letters b and g for boys and girls in the badminton club.
The tennis club and badminton club have a total of 109 members.
B + G + b + g = 109
The number of boys in the tennis club is 6/11 the members of this club.
B = (6/11)(B + G)
The number of girls in the badminton club is 4/9 the members of this club.
g = (4/9)(b + g)
How many boys are there in both clubs.
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type in B + G + b + g = 109, B = (6/11)(B + G), g = (4/9)(b + g)
For "integer solution", read
b = 55n + 30, B = 30 - 54n, g = 44n + 24, G = 25 - 45n, n element Z
Then since they must all be non-negative, choose n = 0
b = 30, B = 30, g = 24, G = 25
Add the boys, B + b = 30 + 30 = 60
Edwin