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Question 1061993: There are 22 students taking the late bus home. There are 14 more girls than boys on the bus. How many girls and how many boys are taking the late bus?
Found 3 solutions by addingup, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the boys be x:
14+x = 22 subtract 14 from both sides
x = 8 there are 8 boys

Answer by ikleyn(52879) About Me  (Show Source):
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.There are 22 students taking the late bus home. There are 14 more girls than boys on the bus.
How many girls and how many boys are taking the late bus?
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Let B be the number of boys.

Then the number of girls is (B+14).

Equation:  B + (B+14) = 22.

2B + 14 = 22,

2B = 22 - 14  ---->  2B = 8  ---->  B = 4.

Answer. 4 boys, 18 girls.


Answer by MathTherapy(10556) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 22 students taking the late bus home. There are 14 more girls than boys on the bus. How many girls and how many boys are taking the late bus?