Question

The teacher separated her class of forty-four students into two groups. One group has 8 more than thrice as many students as the other group. Use variable s for the group with less students.
How many students are in each group?

Answer 1

Answer:

x + 4 + 2x = 28

3x + 4 = 28

3x = 24

x=8

8 and 2*8+4 = 16+4=20

Answer 2

Answer:

Let student in 1st group be x

2nd group 3x+8 (total=44)

x+3x+8=44

4x=44-8

4x=36

x=36/4=9

9 student in 1st group