Question

Forty-five students and parents attended a career fair on Tuesday. The number of students that attended was 5 more than twice the number

of parents in attendance. Write a system of equation to model the situation.

Answer 1

p + s = 45

s = 2p + 5

Explanation:

Let s = number of students.

Let p = number of parents.

p + s = 45

s = 2p + 5