Please help,there are b boys in the class.This is three more than four times the number of girls.How many girls are in the class?
Insufficient data to tell the answer numerically:
The equation turns out to be
b = 3+4g ( where g stands for number of girls)
As you can see, there are infinitely many possible answers.
A simple answer would be g = (b-3)/ 4.
g Girls in the class.
4g + 3 Boys in class.
Total = g + (4g+3). The total should have been given.
To solve this problem, we can set up an algebraic equation.
Let's represent the number of girls in the class as "g".
We are given that there are "b" boys in the class, and that this is three more than four times the number of girls. So, we can express this information as:
b = 4g + 3
To find the number of girls, we need to solve for "g" in this equation.
To do that, we can start by subtracting 3 from both sides of the equation:
b - 3 = 4g
Next, we can divide both sides of the equation by 4:
(b - 3) / 4 = g
So, the equation tells us that the number of girls in the class, "g", is equal to "(b - 3) / 4".
Therefore, the number of girls in the class can be determined by subtracting 3 from the number of boys and dividing the result by 4.