School acceptance calculation

P girls and four times as many boys applied to a certain school. After the entrance exams, a quarter of the girls and half of the boys got into secondary school. How many students were accepted into the 1st year of this high school?

Final Answer:

x = 2.25p

Step-by-step explanation:

$$\begin{gathered} c=4p \\ x=p/4+c/2=p/4+2p \\ x=2.25p \end{gathered}$$

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