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.
MALE
A) 36 B) 50 C) 70
FEMALE
A) 18 B) 25 C) 35

Question

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.
MALE
A) 36 B) 50 C) 70
FEMALE
A) 18 B) 25 C) 35

anonymous · Answer

taking the adults into account also your best bet would be 
male- B
female- B
and reason being is i took into consideration the number of adult and implied it with the number of students also that and every other one i did just didn't work out

anonymous · Answer

tell me if i'm wrong tho