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A middle school yearbook committee has 35 members. There are 7 more girls than boys. Write a system of linear equations, define your variables, and solve the system to find the number of boys and number of girls.

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if the number of boys is x ,then the number of girls is x+7,so 2x+7=35,we can know x=9,so the number of boys is 9,and girls are 16

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