SOLUTION: how do i solve this? A high school graduating class is made up of 488 students.There are 96 more girls than boys. How many boys are in the class?

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Question 631816: how do i solve this?
A high school graduating class is made up of 488 students.There are 96 more girls than boys. How many boys are in the class?
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A high school graduating class is made up of 488 students.

There are 96 more girls than highlight%28x%29boys. 

Question states***

  (x+96) + x = 488   ||  solve for x,the number of boys