Question

For a field trip 4 students rode in cars and

the rest filled nine buses. How many
students were in each bus if 472 students
were on the trip?

1a. What does the variable "x" represent?

1b. What equation represents this word problem?


1c. What is the solution to the word problem?


(Please help me with this quiz)

Answer 1

Explanation:

We are solving for the number of students in each bus, so let x represent the number of students in each bus.

We have 4 + 9x = 472.

=> 9x = 468, x = 52.

Hence there are 52 students on each bus.