Question

A geometry class has a total of 34 students. The number of males is 14 more than the number of females. How many males and how many females are in the class?

Answer 1

m=14+f,  m+f=34. Solve for the equations simultaneously.

one way is to substitute teh first into the second to get, 14+2f=34, or 7+f=17, or f=10. Since f is 10 and m+f=34, m=34-10=24.

Good luck!