Question

There are twice as many boys as girls in Mr.Brown's first period Algebra class. the class is 24 students total. How many more boys than girls are in the class?
explanation needed.

Answer 1

HERE'S YOUR ANSWER:

Let number of girls be- x

and number of boys be- 2x(boys are 2 times NO. of girls)

therefore

x + 2x = 24

3x = 24

x = 24/3

x = 8

hence number of girls = 8

boys are 2 times more than girls = 16

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