Question

There are eight more girls than boys in the high school math club. the club has a total of 44 members. how many boys and how many girls are there?

Answer 1

2x + 8 = 44

2x = 36

x = 18

There are 18 boys, and 26 girls

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Answer 2

Yeah, if there are 8 more girls than boys, it would be x + 8 + x = 44
Which would simplify to 2x = 36

x = 18 (boys)

If you check, there has to be 8 more girls than boys.

18 + 8 = 26

26 + 18 = 44

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