Answer to Question #256223 in Algebra for Khim

Question #256223

A total of 346 first year students of CMU are currently enrolled in the subject GEC15. If there are 26 more girls than boys. How many girls are there?

Expert's answer

Let $x=$ the number of boys. Then there are $x+26$ girls.

x+x+26=346

2x=320

x=160

160+26=186

Then there are $186$ girls.

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