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Mathematics, 17.09.2019 05:00 nshtxacg

There are 33 students in the chess club. there are five more boys than girls in the club. write and solve a system of equations to find the number of boys and girls in the chess club.
my question is this, do i have the right equation to figure this problem?
boys 5(x) =33
girls = x
x+5(x)=33
6x =33
6/6. 33/6
x=5.5 this is where i'm lost. what do i do next? or, do i have it all wrong?

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