document.write( "Question 616608: A soccer team has 3 more boys and three-fourths as many girls as last year. The number of players on the team is the same as last year. How many girls were on the team last year \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( " A soccer team has 3 more boys and three-fourths as many girls as last year.
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document.write( "Let x and y represent the number of girls and boys last year.
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document.write( "This year would be (x+3) and 3/4y
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document.write( "The number of players on the team is the  as last year.
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document.write( " x+y = (x+3) + 3/4y
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document.write( "  1/4y = 3
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document.write( "    y = 12, number of girls on the team last year.  \n" );
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