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in class 9th A number of boys is 5 more than number of girls and 3 times of number of girls is 12 more than double the number of boys find the number of boys and the number of girls​

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Let the number of boys be x
Let the number of girls be y

x=y+5
3y=2x+12

3y=2(y+5)+12

y=22

3×22=2x+12

x=27

(x, y)=(27, 22)

There are 27 boys and 22 girls.

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