Question

The Latin Club charted a bus to travel to and participate in a state competition. The cost for each adult to ride the bus was $25 and the cost for each student to ride the bus was $15.

A total of 17 people rode the bus. The total paid for the bus was $305.

Let a represent the number of adults and s represent the number of students

Answer 1

Make an equation. for each adult (a) it is $25. for each student (s) it is $15. Total is $305 with 17 on the bus. So, the equation would look like this:
25a+15s=305