document.write( "Question 234217: There are 22 students taking the late bus home. There are 14 more girls than boys on the bus. How many girls and how many boys are taking the late bus home.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #172741 by MathTherapy(10858) You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 22 students taking the late bus home. There are 14 more girls than boys on the bus. How many girls and how many boys are taking the late bus home.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let the amount of boys on the bus be B\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since there are 14 more girls than boys, then there are (B + 14) girls\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since there are 22 students on the bus, then we'll have:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "B + B + 14 = 22\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2B + 14 = 22\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2B = 8\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "B = \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Therefore, there are B, or |