On my ping-pong team there are four times as many right-handed boys as left-handed boys. Of the students on the team who are left-handed, there are three times as many girls as there are boys. Half of the girls who are on the team are left-handed. If there are 38 people on the team, how many are right-handed boys?
+128475 RB + LB + RG + LG = 38
RB = 4LB
LG = 3LB
If half of the girls are left-handed, then the other half are right - handed
So LG = RG
I don't believe that there is an answer to this
The number of LG must be divisible by 3 so that the number of LB is an integer
LG RG LB RB Total
3 3 1 4 11
6 6 2 8 22
9 9 3 12 33
12 12 4 16 44 too many !!!!
Here is the same question posted Apr. 29, 2018 and is markedly different from this post and it appears solvable:
On my ping-pong team there are four times as many right-handed boys as left-handed boys. Of the students on the team who are left-handed, there are twice as many girls as there are boys. Half of the girls who are on the team are left-handed. If there are 36 people on the team, how many are right-handed boys?
wiskdls Apr 29, 2018
LG RG LB RB Total
2 2 1 4 9
4 4 2 8 18
6 6 3 12 27
8 8 4 16 36
