There are 8 more girls in the math club. The club has a total of 44. How many are girls and how many are boys?
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 in the club?
the football team in the school has 33 players, where for every 6 defenders there are 5 strikers. How many strikers does the football team have?
To find out how many girls and boys are in the math club, we can set up a system of equations. Let's assume there are x girls in the club.
According to the first piece of information, there are 8 more girls in the math club. This means the number of boys will be x - 8.
The second piece of information states that the club has a total of 44 members. So, the total number of girls (x) plus the total number of boys (x - 8) equals 44.
Therefore, we can write the equation: x + (x - 8) = 44.
Simplifying the equation, we get: 2x - 8 = 44.
Adding 8 to both sides, we get: 2x = 52.
Finally, dividing both sides by 2, we find: x = 26.
So, there are 26 girls and (26 - 8) = 18 boys in the math club.
Let x = the number of boys
x + x + 8 = 44
2x + 8 - 8 = 44 - 8
2x = 36
x = 36/2
x = 18