document.write( "Question 1189218: At a summer camp, each girl is assigned to one of 48 cabins that in total can accommodate 344 campers. There are two types of cabins-small ones that can house 6 girls and large ones that can house 10 girls. Last summer even though 344 girls had registered for the camp, only 342 could come. So one of the large cabins had only 8 girls. How many more small cabins are there than large cabins? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #820518 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 6S+10L=344 \n" ); document.write( "S+L=48;L=48-S \n" ); document.write( "6S+480-10S=344 \n" ); document.write( "-4S=-136 \n" ); document.write( "S=34 cabins with 6 (204 capacity) \n" ); document.write( "L=14 cabins with 10 (140 capacity) \n" ); document.write( "The answer is 20 more small cabins\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |