Question

Suppose the ratio of girls to boys in your school is 19:17. There are 1908 students altogether. Write and solve a system of equations to find the total number of boys and girls in the school.​

Answer 1

Answer:

901  boys and 1007 girls

Step-by-step explanation:

let b be the number of boys

let g be the number of girls

$b + g = 1908\\17g = 19b\\g = \frac{19}{17} b\\b+\frac{19}{17} b = 1908\\2\frac{2}{17}b = 1908\\b = 901\\901 + g = 1908\\g = 1007$