SOLUTION: The number of right handed students in a mathematics class is nine times the number of left handed students. The total number of students in the class is 30. How many right handed

Question 928732: The number of right handed students in a mathematics class is nine times the number of left handed students. The total number of students in the class is 30. How many right handed students are in the class? How many left handed students are in the class?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = number right handed
y = number left handed
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x = 9y
x + y = 30
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put the system of linear equations into standard form
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x - 9y = 0
x + y = 30
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solution:
x = number right handed = 27
y = number left handed = 3
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