Question

The senior class is taking a trip to the public library. They can travel in vans and buses. A van holds 8 people, and a bus holds 24 people. There are 384 students in the class. Write an equation in standard form that models the possible combination of vans and buses that your class could fill.

Answer 1

48=3b+v

Explanation:

384=24b+8v

b standing for bus

v standing for vam

to simplify the equations you would divided by eight since all numbers are multiples

48=3b+v