A group of boys collected 256 marbles for some project. The contribution of each boy was equal to the number of boys in the group.How many boys were in the group?

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Let the number of boys were $x$ .
Contribution of each boy = $x m a r b l e s$
Therefore,
$x^{2} = 256$
$x = 16$
Hence, there were 16 boys in the group.

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A group of boys collected 256 marbles for some project. The contribution of each boy was equal to the number of boys in the group.How many boys were in the group?

Let the number of boys were x.Contribution of each boy = x marblesTherefore,x2=256x=16Hence, there were 16 boys in the group.

Let the number of boys were $x$ .
Contribution of each boy = $x m a r b l e s$
Therefore,
$x^{2} = 256$
$x = 16$
Hence, there were 16 boys in the group.