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There are 40 students in a class. Each girl is given 5 books and each boy is given 4 books. The girls have 65 more books than the boys. How many more girls than boys are there in the class?

 Feb 16, 2021
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Hi Guest!

 

number of girls = g

number of boys = 40 - g

 

5g = 4(40 - g) + 65

Try solving for the number of girls yourself.  :)))

 

Here's the answer if you still needed it: 

 

5g = 160 - 4g + 65

9g = 225

g = 25

 

So the number of girls is 25, meaning the number of boys is 15 (40-25)

Our final answer is 10 (25-15)

 

I hope this helped. :))

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 Feb 16, 2021

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