Question

2. in a class of 50 students, the number of females is 2 more than 5 times the number of males. How many males and females are there in the class?

Answer 1

The number of male students is 8, while the number of female students is 42.

Explanation:

To determine the number of male and female students in the class, knowing that in total there are 50 students, and that the number of female students is two more than five times the number of male students, the following equation must be performed:

X + (5X + 2) = 50

6X + 2 = 50

6X = 50 - 2

X = 48/6

X = 8

Thus, the number of male students is 8, while the number of female students is 42.