SOLUTION: There are 35 people in a room. There are 7 more males than females in the room. How many males are there? How many females ?

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Question 653400: There are 35 people in a room. There are 7 more males than females in the room. How many males are there? How many females ?
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Let represent the number of males. Then is the number of females and



Solve for , then calculate

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