A group of adults and students went on a class trip to Washington, DC. The number of male students was 1 more than 7 times the number of adults. The number of female students was half the number of male students. If the total number of people who went on the trip is 82, find the numbers of male students and female students.

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anonymous · Answer

The number of male students is____ . The number of female students is_____ .

rishavraj · Answer

see let the no of adults be = x
so no of male students = 7x + 1
and tht of female students = (7x + 1)/2

rishavraj · Answer

now total no of people = 82
so 
x + (7x + 1) + (7x + 1)/2  = 82
solve for "x"

anonymous · Answer

x=7

rishavraj · Answer

@issues101 yeah...now find the no of male students