There are 33 students in the Chess Club. There are five more boys than girls in the club. Write and solve a system of equations to find the number of boys and girls in the Chess Club.

My question is this, do I have the right equation to figure this problem?

Boys 5 (x) = 33

Girls = x

x+5 (x) = 33

6x = 33

6/6. 33/6

x=5.5 this is where I'm lost. What do I do next? Or, do I have it all wrong?

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Jalen Tyler

Mathematics

30 May, 21:08

There are 33 students in the Chess Club. There are five more boys than girls in the club. Write and solve a system of equations to find the number of boys and girls in the Chess Club.

My question is this, do I have the right equation to figure this problem?

Boys 5 (x) = 33

Girls = x

x+5 (x) = 33

6x = 33

6/6. 33/6

x=5.5 this is where I'm lost. What do I do next? Or, do I have it all wrong?

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Jaelyn · Answer 1

There are 33 students in the Chess Clubs. There are 5 more boys than girls in the club.

Now, the equation will be like this

girls = x

boys = x + 5

x + 5x = 33

let’s solve for X

=> x + (x + 5) = 33

=> 2x + 5 = 33

=> 2x = 33 - 5

=> 2x / 2 = 28 / 2

=> x = 14

Thus the number are:

girls = 14

boys = 14 + 5 = 19

=> 19 + 14 = 33