SOLUTION: On a school trip, for every one boy, there are 5 more girls. On the trip there was a total of 37 students
a) Define a variable for boys:
b) Write an expression for the
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a) Define a variable for boys:
b) Write an expression for the
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Question 1148249: On a school trip, for every one boy, there are 5 more girls. On the trip there was a total of 37 students
a) Define a variable for boys:
b) Write an expression for the girls in terms of the boys:
c) Write an equation to find the number of boys:
d) How many boys are there?
e) How many girls are there? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! On a school trip, for every one boy, there are 5 more girls. On the trip there was a total of 37 students
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What is "5 more girls." ? 5 girls for each boy?
Whether it's 6 per group or 7, there's no integer solution.
