Question

hillary and 23 of her friends went on a hayride. there are 8 more boys then girls on the ride.how many boys and girls were on the ride

Answer 1

16 boys total

8 girls total

Explanation:

We know that Hillary invited 23 of her friends, including her, this lets us know there are 24 people total.

Given, we already know 8 of that 24 are boys, which leaves us with 16 people left.

24 - 8 = 16

We simply know there are 8 girls and 8 boys from this problem and on top we add 8 more boys because there are 8 more boys.

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Total = 1 + 23 = 24

Girls:

x + (x + 8) = 24

2x = 16

x = 8

Boys:

x + 8 = 1b