As per the unitary method, there are 16 boys and 8 girls.
Unitary method.
Unitary method is the way of a method of determining the answer to a problem by first determining the value of a single unit and then multiplying the single unit value by the essential value.
Given,
Hillary and 23 of her friends went on a hayride. There are 8 more boys than girls on the ride.
Here we need to find the number of boys and girls in the ride.
While looking at the question, the total number of peoples went for the ride is 24 including Hillary.
So, let us consider b represents the number of boys and g represents the number of girls.
According to the given condition,
We know that,
b = g + 8 -----------(1)
As per total, the equation is
b + g = 24 --------------(2)
Apply the value of b on the equation (2),
Then we get,
g + 8 + g = 24
2g + 8 = 24
2g = 16
g = 8
Therefore, the value of b = 8 + 8 = 16.
Therefore, there are 8 girls and 16 boys in the ride.
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