Passenger boat

Two-fifths of the passengers in the passenger boat were boys. 1/3 of them were girls, and the rest were adults. If there were 60 passengers on the ship, how many more boys than adults were there?

Final Answer:

x =  8

Step-by-step explanation:

b=60 2/5=24 g=60 1/3=20 a=60(b+g)=60(24+20)=16 x=ba=2416=8



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