document.write( "Question 131861: At the highschool 1/2 the boys and 1/3 of the girls attend homecoming game. 1/3 of the boys and 1/2 of the girls attended the homecoming dance. There were 570 students at the game and 580 students at the dance how many boys and girls attend the school.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #96297 by priya_2685(3)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the no. of boys be x and the no. of girls be y \n" ); document.write( " so, according to problem \n" ); document.write( "1/2^x+ 1/3^y=570.....(1) \n" ); document.write( "1/3^x+1/2^y= 580.....(2)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "
\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "therefore, no. of boys= x= 660 \n" ); document.write( " no. of girls= y= 720 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |