Question

A group of teachers and students will take a bus trip to a museum, and each teacher will lead a group of no more than 4 students. The bus can hold a maximum of 54 teachers and students. If t represents the number of teachers and s represents the number of students, which of the following systems of inequalities best describes the possible numbers of teachers and students who can go on the trip?

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Answer 1

A maximum of 43 students and 11 teachers can go to the trip.

Explanation:

Since a group of teachers and students will take a bus trip to a museum, and each teacher will lead a group of no more than 4 students, and the bus can hold a maximum of 54 teachers and students, to determine the possible numbers of teachers and students who can go on the trip, the following calculation must be performed:

4 + 1 = 5

54/5 = X

10.8 = X

10 x 4 = 40

10 x 1 = 10

4 - 1 = 3

Therefore, a maximum of 43 students and 11 teachers can go to the trip.