Question

10 students of class X took part in a Mathematics quiz. If the number of girls is 4 more than the number of boys, find the number of boys and girls who took part in the quiz.

Form the pair of linear equation in the following problem, and find its solution graphically.

10 students of class X took part in a Mathematics quiz. If the number of girls is 4 more than the number of boys, find the number of boys and girls who took part in the quiz.

Answer 1

Let the number of boys be x and the number of girls be y.

Then the equations formed are

x + y = 10   ...(1) and y = x + 4   ...(2)

Let us draw the graphs of equations (1) and (2) by finding two solutions for each of the equations.

The solutions of the equations are given.

x + y = 10 ⇒ y = 10 – x

x	0	8
y	10	2
Points	A	B

y = x + 4

x	0	1	3
y	4	5	7
Points	C	D	E

Plotting these points we draw the lines AB and CE passing through them to represent the equations. The two lines AB and Ce intersect at the point E (3, 7). So, x = 3 and y = 7 is the required solution of the pair of linear equations.

i.e. Number of boys = 3

Number of girls = 7

Verification:

Putting x = 3 and y = 7 in (1), we get

L.H.S. = 3 + 7 = 10 = R.H.S., (1) is verified.

Putting x = 3 and y = 7 in (2), we get

7 = 3 + 4 = 7, (2) is verified.

Hence, both the equations are satisfied.