Question

. There are 575 students in a school. If the number of girls is 54 more than the boys

Answer 1

there are 314.5 boys in the school .

Answer:

Solution given

let boys be x and girls be y.

now

according to the question;

x+y=575

and

y=x-54

substituting value of y in equation 1.

x+x-54=575

2x=575+54

x=629/2

x=314.5