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in the chorus there 12 more girl than boys there 32 student in chorus how many boys are there and how many girls are there

User Guirgis
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This can be represented by this equation:
x + (x + 12) = 32
Now simplify:
2x + 12 = 32
Then subtract:
2x = 20
Now divide to find x:
x = 10
Plug back in to find the amounts:
10 boys
22 girls

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