Question

A school choir has 36 members. There are three times as many underclass men as seniors. How many seniors are in the choir ?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

3x=36

x=12

Answer 2

9

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of seniors in the choir.

We have been given that there are three times as many underclass men as seniors, so number of underclass men in choir would be
`3x`.

We are also told that the school choir has 36 members. We can represent this information in an equation as:

`x+3x=36`

`4x=36`

`(4x)/(4)=(36)/(4)`

`x=9`

Therefore, there are 9 senior in the choir.