Asked by Susan Jackson

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Mrs wen bought 500 markers for her students. She gave 8markers to each girl and 10markers to each boy. After giving the markers to all the boys and girls, she had 54 markers left. How many more boys than girls were there
Answered by Susan Jackson
Please I need help
Answered by oobleck
10b+8g = 500-54 = 446
There is no unique answer to this
b = 4n+3
g = 52 - 5n
Since we want more boys than girls, we need
4n+3 > 52-5n
9n > 49
n > 5
So the choices are
b g
27 22
31 17
35 12
39 7
43 2