A biology class has a total of 27 students. The number of males is 17 more than the number of females. How many males and how many females are in the class?

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Szenis · Answer 1 · 2018-03-16T20:21:18+0000

Let the number of males in the class = x
Number of females in the class= x-17

x+x-17=27
2x=44
x=22
x-17=5
There are 22 males and 5 females.

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