Question

There a total of 82 students in the robotics club and the science club. The science club has 6 fewer students than the robotic club. How many students are in science club?

Answer 1

Number of students in the science club are 38.

Explanation:

Let, the number of students in the robotics club = x and the number of students in the science club = y.

Since, there are total 82 students in both the clubs.

So, we have,

`x+y=82`.

Moreover, the number of students in the science club are 6 less than those in the robotics club.

So, we get,

`y=x-6`

Thus, solving the system of equations, we get,

`x+y=82` implies
`x+(x-6)=82` implies
`2x-6=82` i.e. 2x= 88 i.e. x= 44

So,
`y=x-6` implies y= 44-6 i.e. y= 38

Hence, the number of students in the robotics club are 44 and the science club are 38.