A classroom has equal number of boys and girls. While girls left to play kho-kho, leaving twice as many boys as girls in the classroom. What was the total number of girls and boys present initially?
Answer: 32
Explanation
Let the number of girls and boys each be x, x=2(x-8) boys=x girls=x-8 =>x=2x-16 =>x=16 =>number of girls and boys together=16+16=32
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