## Task 2 - 140612

Bernd and Monika are discussing the last meeting of their Young Mathematicians group, where exactly 6 more boys were present than girls.

Bernd says that at this event, exactly 2 of the 25 circle participants were missing.

Monika counters after some thought that this cannot be correct.

Who is right?
At the last meeting, there were $25-2=23$ participants present. If the number of girls is $x$, then, according to Bernd, there were $x+6$ boys, i.e.

$$
x+(x+6)=23 \quad \rightarrow \quad x=8.5
$$

The result is not an integer, which means Monika is right. Bernd's statement is not correct.