document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1202097>Question 1202097</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 22 students in a music class in a school. The students in the class are either Freshmen or Sophomores, and there are 6 more boys than girls. If there are 5 Freshmen boys and 4 Sophomore girls, how many Sophomores are in the class? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "you are given that there are 22 students total.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you are given that there are 6 more boys than girls.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you are given that there are  freshmen boys and 4 sophomore girls.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let b = number of boys and g = number of girls.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you get b + g = 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since b = g + 6, you get g + 6 + g = 22.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine like terms to get 2g + 6 = 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 6 from both sides of the equation to get 2g = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for g to get g = 8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since b = g + 6, then b = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since 5 boys are freshmen, then 9 boys must be sophomores.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since 4 girls are sophomores, then 4 girls must be freshmen.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the freshman class has 5 boys and 4 girls = 9 total.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the sophomore class has 9 boys and 4 girls = 13 total.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the number of sophomores in the class is equal to 13.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i made a chart that you see below:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "             freshmen    sophomores    total\r\n" );
document.write( "boys             5           9           14\r\n" );
document.write( "girls            4           4            8\r\n" );
document.write( "total            9          13           22\r\n" );
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document.write( "looks good to me.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hopefully you agree.<BR>\n" );
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