SOLUTION: If 3/7 of a group of children are boys and there are 18 more boys than girls, how many children are there all together?

Algebra ->  Percentage-and-ratio-word-problems -> SOLUTION: If 3/7 of a group of children are boys and there are 18 more boys than girls, how many children are there all together?      Log On


   

Question 947002: If 3/7 of a group of children are boys and there are 18 more boys than girls, how many children are there all together?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 3/7 of a group of children are boys and there are 18 more boys than girls, how many children are there all together?
:
If 3/7 are boys, then 4/7 are girls, so how could there be more boys than girls?