Question

At city high school,the sophomore class has 60 more students than the freshman class.the junior class has 50 fewer students than twice the students in the freshman class.the senior class is three times as large as the freshman class.if there are a total of 1,424 students at the city high school,how many students are in the freshman class?

Answer 1

S=f+60
J=Fx2-50
Senior=fx3

(f)+(f+60)+(fx2-50)+(fx3)=1424 (Parenthesis first)
f+f+60+2f-50+3f=1424 (rewrite)
2f+60+2f-50+3f=1424 (combine like variables)
7f+10=1424 (rewrite)
7f=1414 (isolate variable (take away 10 from each side))
1414/7
202=freshman

Answer 2

The number of students in the freshman class are:

202

Explanation:

Let the number of students in Freshman class = x

• The sophomore class has 60 more students than the freshman class.

This means that the number of students in sophomore class = x+60

• The junior class has 50 fewer students than twice the students in the freshman class.

This means that the number of students in junior class= 2x-50

• The senior class is three times as large as the freshman class.

This means that the number of students in senior class are: 3x

• There are a total of 1,424 students at the city high school.

This means that:

`x+x+60+2x-50+3x=1424\\\\x+x+2x+3x+60-50=1424\\\\7x+10=1424\\\\7x=1424-10\\\\7x=1414\\\\x=(1414)/(7)\\\\x=202`