49 students go on a trip there are 5 more girls than boys.how many boys are there?
b + b+5 = 49
steve ur answer is born wrong sorry
To find out how many boys are there, we first need to assign variables to represent the unknown quantities. Let's use 'B' to represent the number of boys.
According to the problem, there are 5 more girls than boys. So the number of girls can be represented as 'B + 5'.
Now, we can create an equation to represent the total number of students. The total number of students is given as 49. Therefore, the equation is:
B + (B + 5) = 49
We can simplify the equation by combining like terms:
2B + 5 = 49
Next, we'll isolate the variable by subtracting 5 from both sides of the equation:
2B = 49 - 5
2B = 44
Lastly, we'll solve for B by dividing both sides of the equation by 2:
B = 44 / 2
B = 22
Therefore, there are 22 boys on the trip.