SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem! Forty-eight Students were divided into two groups for a field trip. The first group was three times as large as the second group less twelve.

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Forty-eight Students were divided into two groups for a field trip. The first group was three times as large as the second group less twelve. How many students were in each group?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Quantity of students in the two groups may be x and y.

Let the first group be , but the wording description is unclear. Do you find the other interpretation? I will use the one I just figured, and solve the two equation system.

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