document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=180041>Question 180041</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I know the answer to my question, because I kept multiplying, but I don't know howto show my work as a stratey.  The question is.  In a math class of 26 students, each girl drew a triangle and each boy drew a rectangle.  There were 92 slides in all.  How may girls and how many boys were in the class.  The answer I came up with was 16 girls and 11 boys. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #134907 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=134907\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 16 + 11 = 27 ... not 26\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let g=girls and b=boys\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"a math class of 26 students\" __ g + b = 26 __ g = 26 - b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"each girl drew a triangle and each boy drew a rectangle. There were 92 slides in all\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ I'm thinking \"sides\", not slides...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ 3g + 4b = 92\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting __ 3(26-b) + 4b = 92  __  78 - 3b + 4b = 92\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtracting 78  __  b = 14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting  __  g + (14) = 26\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtracting 14  __  g = 12 </SPAN>\n" );
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