Question #a9c8c

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Feb 3, 2018

354 males and 431 females.

Explanation:

Let's assume the number of male students is x. Therefore if there are 77 more females than males, the number of females is x+77.

The total number of students is number of male + number of female students.

Therefore, the total number of students is

x+x+77=785

So

2x+77=785

Subtracting 77 from both sides gives us

2x=708

Dividing both sides by 2 gives us the value of x, which is 354.

Therefore, there are 354 males and 431 (354+77) females.