A total of 60 boys and girls attended a basketball game. There were twice as many girls at the game as there were boys, How many boys were at the game?

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asked Apr 16, 2021 164k views

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John Bernard · Answer 1 · 2021-04-20T11:23:52+0000

Answer:

let the no. of boys be x

no. of girls = 2x

According to the question,

x + 2x = 60

=> 3x = 60

=> x = 60/3

=> x = 20

Thus, there were 20 boys at the game