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? - IQ786

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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?

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?

32

16

22

29

30

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