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  • 27-11-2017
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The chess club has 33 people in it, and there are 5 more boys than girls. how many girls are there??

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ankastre
ankastre ankastre
  • 27-11-2017
Let g represents girls.
Write the equation putting boy's numbers in girl's term;

g + (g+5) = 33
2g+5= 33
2g= 33-5
2g= 28
g= 14 number of girls

That means there are 19 boys (14+5)
check using the original equation;

14+(14+5)=33
So, 14 girls are correct.




Write the eq
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