Out of the original girls and boys at a carnival party 40\% of the girls and 10\% of the

Terrence Moore

Terrence Moore

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2022-04-23

Out of the original girls and boys at a carnival party 40% of the girls and 10% of the boys left early, 34 of them decided to hang out and enjoy the festivities. There were 18 more boys than girls in the party. How many girls were there to begin with?

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Luke Kane

Luke Kane

Beginner2022-04-24Added 14 answers

Step 1
If 34 stayed then 14=25% left early.
If we represent the original number of girls as g
and the original number of boys as b
40%×g+10%×b=25%×(g+b)
40g+10b=25g+25b
15g=15b
g=b
but we are told b=g+18

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