A geometry class has a total of 34 students. The number of males is 14 more than the number of females. How many males and how many females are in the class?

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BrentM · Answer 1 · 2018-01-06T17:14:55+0000

m=14+f, m+f=34. Solve for the equations simultaneously.

one way is to substitute teh first into the second to get, 14+2f=34, or 7+f=17, or f=10. Since f is 10 and m+f=34, m=34-10=24.

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