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There are 25 girls in a school club. The number of girls is three more than twice the number if boys. Find the number of boys.

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nettie68

Answer:

11 boys

Explanation:

We can create an equation to solve this.

g= 2b+ 3

g is the number of girls and b is the number of boys

25= 2b+3

-3          -3

22= 2b

22/2= 2b/2

11= b

There are 11 boys in the school club

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caitlynm2395

Answer:

11 boys

Explanation:

2x + 3 = 25 *subtract 3 on both sides*

2x = 22 *divide by 2 on both sides*

x = 11 *x represents the number of boys*