Question

A science class has a total of 37 students. The number of males is 5 more than the number of females. How many males and how many females are in the class?

Answer 1

Given:

The total number of students = 37.

The number of males is 5 more than the number of females.

Required:

We need to find the number of female and male students.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the number of female students.

More than 5 means adding 5 to the number.

The number of male students = x+5.

The sum of the number of female and male students = the total number of students.

`x+x+5=37`
`2x+5=37`

Subtract 5 from both sides.

`2x+5-5=37-5`
`2x=32`

Divide both sides by 2.

`(2x)/(2)=(32)/(2)`
`x=16`

The number of female students =16.

The number of male students = x+5= 16+5 =21.

Final answer:

The number of female students =16 students.

The number of male students =21 students.