SOLUTION: A classroom contains an equal number of boys and girls. If 8 girls leave, twice as many boys as girls remain. What was the original number of students present?
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Question 653849: A classroom contains an equal number of boys and girls. If 8 girls leave, twice as many boys as girls remain. What was the original number of students present? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Write an equation for each statement:
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A classroom contains an equal number of boys and girls.
b = g
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If 8 girls leave, twice as many boys as girls remain.
b = 2(g-8)
Replace g with b
b = 2(b-8)
b = 2b - 16
16 = 2b - b
b = 16 boys, then 16 girls originally
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What was the original number of students present? 32, obviously
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