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 #134909 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=134909\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let B = the number of boys and G = the number of girls.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B+G = 26 \"The number of students is 26\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The girls drew triangles, each of which has three sides, so the total number of sides from the triangles is: 3*G<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The boys drew rectangles each of which has four sides, so the total number of sides from the rectangles is: 4*B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you can write two equations as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1) B+G = 26 Rewrite this as: B = 26-G and substitute for B in equation 2).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2) 4*B+3*G = 92 which is the total number of sides. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(26-G)+3*G = 92 Simplify and solve for G.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "104-4G+3G = 92 Subtract 104 from both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-G = -12 Divide through by -1 to make positive.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "G = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To find the number of boys (B):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 26-G<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 26-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the number of boys is 14 and the number of girls is 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B+G = 26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14+12 = 26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26 = 26 OK!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4*B+3*G = 92<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4*14+3*12 = 92<BR>\n" );
document.write( "56+36 = 92<BR>\n" );
document.write( "92 = 92 OK! </SPAN>\n" );
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