Question

There are a total of 26 students in Tom's class. There are 4 more boys than girls.

Which system of equations represents this situation? Let g be the number of girls, and let b be the number of boys.

A
g+b=26

g=4+b

B
g+b=26

b=4+g

C
g+b=26

g=4b

D
g+b=26

b=4g

Answer 1

The answer is B
4 more boys than girls so:
b = g + 4
And the total number of student is 26 so:
g + b = 26