Question 740035
A high school graduating class is made up of 542 students. There are 156 more girls than boys. How many boys are in the class? Solve the problem
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Let b = number of boys
then
b+156 = number of girls
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b + (b+156) = 542
2b + 156 = 542
2b = 386
b = 193 (number of boys in the class)