Thirty-seven students in the sixth grade class voted for Jerry for class president. Of those 37 students, 3 fewer than twice the number of boys in the class voted for Jerry. This can be represented by the equation 2b – 3 = 37, where b represents the number of boys. How many boys are in the sixth grade class?
A 17
B 20
C 23
D 32
Answer:B
Thirty-seven students in the sixth grade class voted for Jerry for class president. Of those 37 students, 3 fewer than twice the number of boys in the class voted for Jerry. This can be represented by the equation 2b – 3 = 37, where b represents the number of boys. How many boys are in the sixth grade class?
A 17 B 20 C 23 D 32