Question

There are 1176 students in a school. The number of girls is 28 less than the

number of boys. How many boys are there in the school?

Answer 1

Let's assume the number of boys in the school as "B".

Then, the number of girls can be expressed as "B - 28".

According to the problem, the total number of students is 1176. Therefore, we can write an equation as follows:

B + (B - 28) = 1176

Simplifying the above equation, we get:

2B - 28 = 1176

Adding 28 to both sides, we get:

2B = 1176 + 28

2B = 1204

Dividing both sides by 2, we get:

B = 602

Therefore, there are 602 boys in the school.