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on a field trip, 2 vans can carry 32 students. How many students can go on a field trip when there are 6 vans?

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Answer: 96 students

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Work Shown:

(2 vans)/(32 students) = (6 vans)/(x students)

2/32 = 6/x

2x = 32*6

2x = 192

x = 192/2

x = 96 students

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Another way to look at it:

2 vans carry 32 students. That must mean each van carries 32/2 = 16 students assuming all vans carry the same amount of people.

So 6 vans would carry 6*16 = 96 students

This excludes the driver for each van.

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