document.write( "Question 391791: There are 4 times as many boys as girls in a certain English class. If there are n girls, how many boys are there? how many students in all? State by an equation that there are 30 students in a class. Find the number of boys \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "    4 times as many boys as girls     
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document.write( "Let n and 4n represent the number of girls and boys respectively
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document.write( " n + 4n  = 30
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document.write( "   5n = 30
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document.write( "    n = 6, the number of girls. Number of boys = 24   (4*6)\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( "    6 + 24 = 30
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