One-sixth of the girls and two-sevenths of the boys in a school marching band are in the percussion section. The percussion section has 6 girls and 10 boys. How many students are in the marching band?

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Kiera Mccormick

Mathematics

12 January, 15:14

One-sixth of the girls and two-sevenths of the boys in a school marching band are in the percussion section. The percussion section has 6 girls and 10 boys. How many students are in the marching band?

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Hadassah Leblanc · Answer 1

Hadassah Leblanc 12 January, 15:26

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101 students in the band

Sophia Vasquez · Answer 2

Let the total number of girls in the band be y and that of boys x;

Then;

1/6y=6

y=6*6

y = 36

There are 36 girls in the school.

2/7x=10

2x=10*7

2x=70

x=70/2

x=35

There are 71 students in the band.