Answer:
-12
Step-by-step explanation:
When you multiply a positive by a negative, the answer is always a negative. If you multiply two negatives, the answer is always positive. If you multiply 2 positives, the answer will always be positive.
Let x be the number of boys, the number of girls will be 200-x
Number of boys with blue eyes x/3
Number of girls with blue eyes (200-x)/4
ll blue eyes ==> x/3 + (200-x)/4 = 57
Reduce to same denominator & solve for x
(4x + 600 - 3x)/12 = 681/12
x=81, the total number of boys & girls200-81 119
The answer is x = 2 and y = 17
