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Kayla started a book club at her school. The number of girls in the book club was one more than twice the number of boys. If there are 15 girls in the book club, how many boys are in the club?

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Answer to a math question Kayla started a book club at her school. The number of girls in the book club was one more than twice the number of boys. If there are 15 girls in the book club, how many boys are in the club?

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Answer: Let the number of boys be x. So, given that the number of girls is one more than twice the number of boys. \therefore Number\:of\:girls=1+2x Given number of girls is 15. \therefore15=1+2x 14=2x \therefore x=7 Number of boys = 7

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