SOLUTION: A tennis club has 48 members. If there are 22 fewer males than females how many females are there

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Question 851116: A tennis club has 48 members. If there are 22 fewer males than females how many females are there
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A tennis club has 48 members. If there are 22 fewer males than females how many females are there

Solution:
Let number of males be x
Then number of females = x + 22

Total members = x + x + 22 = 48

i.e. 2%2Ax+%2B+22+=+48 
2%2Ax+=+48+-+22+=+26 or x+=+13
So number of males = highlight%2813%29 and number of females = highlight%2835%29

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