Sports club groups

Sports club groups

Secondary 2
5 marks
TGM Original Questions

A sports club has \(58\) members divided into junior and senior groups. There are \(14\) more junior members than senior members. Let \(j\) be the number of junior members and \(s\) be the number of senior members.

  1. Write down two equations connecting \(j\) and \(s\).[2]
  2. Hence, solve the simultaneous equations obtained in (a) and find the numbers of junior and senior members.[3]

Solution:

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Answer:(a) \(j+s=58, j-s=14\) (b) \(j=36,s=22\)

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