Question

A school is planning a field trip for 142 people. the trip will use six drivers and two types of vehicles : buses and vans. A bus can seat 51 passngers.

A van can seat 10 passengers. Write and solve a system of equations to find how many buses and how many vans will be needed

Answer 1

Explanation:

The trip will use six drivers therefore

x+y=6

51x+10y=142 (A bus can seat 51 passengers. A van can seat 10 passengers.)

10x+10y=60

41x=82

x=2 buses

y=4 vans

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