Last year, there were 24 boys and 20 girls on the school bus. This year, the number of boys decreased by 25%, but the number of girls increased by 10%. Did the number of riders increase or decrease?

Type the correct answer in the box. consider the system of linear equations below. rewrite one of the two equations above in the form ax + by = c, where a, b, and c are constants, so that the sum of the new equation and the unchanged equation from the original system results in an equation in one variable.