SOLUTION: There are 159 students at the dance. The number of girls is 1/2 the number of boys plus 24. How many more boys than girls? I need a simple solution to this equation created for th

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Question 1074470: There are 159 students at the dance. The number of girls is 1/2 the number of boys plus 24. How many more boys than girls? I need a simple solution to this equation created for the above problem. 24 + 1/2x + x = 159 I do know that x=90. Please help!
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There are 159 students at the dance. The number of girls is 1/2 the number of boys plus 24. How many more boys than girls?
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I need a simple solution to this equation created for the above problem. 24 + 1/2x + x = 159 I do know that x=90.
24 + 1/2x + x = 159
24 + 3x/2 = 159
3x/2 = 135
3x = 270
x = 90, but it's not stated what x represents.