1. at the local school there were 28 girls that tried out for the girl's basketball team and 12 of
them made the team. there were also 30 boys that tried out for the boy's basketball team and
15 of them made the team. are the ratios of the number of the number of students on the
team to the number of students trying out the same for both the boys and the girls? explain
your answer.

if you subrtact

12 from 28 you get 16

if you subtract 15 from 30 you get 15

ratio is 2/2= 1

step-by-step explanation:

step 1: solve one of the equations for one of the variables. let's solve the first equation for y:

step 2: substitute that equation into the other equation, and solve for x.

step 3: substitute x = 4 x = 4 x=4 into one of the original equations, and solve for y.

really really sorry if i'm

-12 -5(x + 4) = 3x

-12 - 5x - 20 = 3x

-12 - 20 - 5x = 3x

-32 - 5x = 3x

    + 5x   + 5x

-32 = 8x

8         8

- 4= x