You are organizing books on the shelf. Each book has a width of 3/4 inches. write and solve an equality for the numbers of books
b can fit on the shelf
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boys (b): b
girls (g): b + 100
total (T) = b + g
I am going to set up the proportion as "boys" to "total"
⇒
⇒ 3(2b + 100) = 10(b)
⇒ 6b + 300 = 10b
⇒ 300 = 4b
⇒ 75 = b
girls (g): b + 100 = (75) + 100 = 175
Answer: boys = 75, girls = 175