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To find : To find the number of girls in the class.
Answer to Problem 14CR
Number of girls in the class are 20.
So option A is correct.
Explanation of Solution
Given information :
Given total number of boys and girls in the class are 28.
And number of girls are 12 more than the number of boys in the class.
Suppose number of girls in the class are x .
And number of the boys in the class are y.
According to the question:
Number of girls in the class+Number of boys in the class= 28
And
Number of girls in the class-Number of boys in the class= 12
Adding both the equations, we get:
So number of girls in the class are 20.
So option A is correct.
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