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1. There are 50 contestants signed up for a TV show. There are 36 more female contestants than male contestants. How many female contestants have signed up to compete? Show your solution and explain how you plan to explain this to your students.

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The number of female contestants who signed up to compete is; 43.

What is the number of female contestants?

Let number of females = x

Let number of males = y.

Hence, it follows from the task content that;

x+y = 50

x-y = 36.

Hence, by adding both equations together in a bid to determine the number of females; we have;

2x = 86

x = 43.

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