Question

The high school marching band has a total of 100 students. There are 3 times as many girls in the band as boys. How many girls are in the band?

Answer 1

let B=#boys, G=#girls. So

B + G = 100
G = 3*B

can you solve this system?

Answer 2

Uh i dont know? Thats why i asked.

Answer 3

Plug the 3B into where G is in the first equation, can you?

Answer 4

Wait so like 3 times __ is ?

Answer 5

Yup, "3 times as many girls in the band as boys"

Answer 6

so like 75 girls?

Answer 7

Would it be 75 girls final answer?

Answer 8

Yup, I can tell somehow you have much faster way to calculate than I do ;)

Answer 9

Thanks