Question

Two classes have a total of 50 students. One of the classes has 6 more students than the other. How many students are in the larger class.

Answer 1

22 in one class and 28 in the other, keeping in mind that it states one class is larger than the other.

Answer 2

Let's say 'x' to number of the students in the smaller class. Since the larger one is 6 more than the smaller one, its number would be 'x+6'. So their sum is equal to 

$x+x+6=2x+6$ and we know total is 50 so:
$2x+6=50\\ 2x=50-6\\ 2x=44\\ x=\frac { 44 }{ 2 } \\ x=22$ 

x is 22 so the larger number 'x+6' is equal to : $x+6=22+6=28$