SOLUTION: In a club, the ratio of boys to girls is 7:8. The ratio of one less than the number of girls to the total number of members is 1:2. How many boys and how many girls are in the club

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Question 176057: In a club, the ratio of boys to girls is 7:8. The ratio of one less than the number of girls to the total number of members is 1:2. How many boys and how many girls are in the club?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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let b and g be the number of boys and girs respectively
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here are the two equations:
7%2F8=b%2Fg.........eq 1
%28g-1%29%2F%28b%2Bg%29=1%2F2....eq 2 .... b+g would be the total number of members.
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I will let you work out the details to this system of equations:
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answer: is 14 boys and 16 girls.