Question 449332
An old fashion country school room has double desks.
 If each student in the class sits at a different desk, there are 2 students without seats.
 If 2 students sit together at a double desk, there is one empty desk.
 How many students and how many desks are there in the class?
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Let s = number of students
Let d = number of desks
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"If each student in the class sits at a different desk, there are 2 students without seats."
therefore
s = d + 2
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" If 2 students sit together at a double desk, there is one empty desk."
s = 2(d-1)
s = 2d - 2
Replace s with (d+2) from the 1st statement
d + 2 = 2d - 2
2 + 2 = 2d - d
d = 4 desks
and
s = 4 + 2
s = 6 students
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I'll let you check this in the two statements and see if it is true.