
Hey there! This situation can be modeled and solved using a system of equations. We'll use
to represent the number of boys and
to represent the number of girls.

Since we know what
equals, we can substitute it into the first equation.

Now that we know the number of girls, use the second equation to get the number of boys.

Calculate the perimeter of the smalll triangle and times two because both figures and similar and the scale factors seems to be 2.
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Yes there is a solution. but
Answer:
Choices are:
p>30
p<30
p=30
not enough information to tell
Answer is p>30
Step-by-step explanation:
Since there are more boys than girls, there must be at least 9 boys. Plug into equation: (b+8) represents number of students. If they each have at least 2 pencils we would use 2(b+8). Plugging in 9 for the boys we have: 2(9+8)=?
2(17)=34. So with the minimum number of boys there would be at least 34 pencils, so the answer is p>30