Question

a problem states: "there are 5 more girls than boys in a class. there are 27 students in the class in all. how many boys are there in the class?" what are the unknowns in this problem? select each correct answer. a. the number of girls in the class b. the number of teachers in the school c. the number of students in the class d. the number of boys in the class

Answer 1

Well the problem asks what the unknowns are in the problem, and I would say both the amount of boys and girls in the class due to the problem only telling us that there are 5 more girls than boys, and that there are 27 students in total. So either the number of boys or the number of boys and girls in the class.

Answer 2

The question is asking to choose among the following choices that states the statement which could be the ask of the said question base on the passage above, and I would say that the ask to the said problem is in letter D. the number of boys in the class. I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more