Question

Halfway through a bus route, 23 students have been dropped off and 48 students remain on the bus. Write an equation to determine whether there are 61 or 71 students on the bus at the begginning of the route.

Answer 1

48+23=71. So seventy one students were on the bus then 23 were dropped off leaving 48 remaining

Answer 2

Answer: The required equation is

`x=23+48\\\Rightarrow\ x=71`

Thus, there are 71 students on the bus at the beginning of the route.

Explanation:

Given: The number of students dropped off =
`23`

The number of students remain on the bus =
`48`

Let 'x' be the total number of students in the bus then we get the equation as

`x=23+48`

On adding 23 to 48, we get 71

Hence,
`x=71`

Therefore, There are 71 students on the bus at the beginning of the route.