Eighty students went on a class trip. If there were 14 more boys than girls on the trip, how many girls were on the trip? - IQ786

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Eighty students went on a class trip. If there were 14 more boys than girls on the trip, how many girls were on the trip?

Eighty students went on a class trip. If there were 14 more boys than girls on the trip, how many girls were on the trip?

26

33

40

47

Explanation

Let the number of girls be x.

The number of boys will be x + 14.

The total number of students is 80, so:

$x + (x + 14) = 80$ $2 x + 14 = 80$ $2 x = 66$ $x = 33$