The 36 boys and 45 girls in the science club will be broken into groups of boys and girls. The advisor wants the same number of boys or girls in each group. What is the greatest number of boys or girls the advisor can have in a group.

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step-by-step explanation:

an equation by definition has to have two or more variables (x and 2 in this case)

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.