Question

The school bus seats 50 students inall. On Tuesday, the bus was full. Atthe first bus stop, 15 students gotoff the bus. At the second bus stop,8 students got off the bus. Howmany students were left onthe bus?

Answer 1

Given:

The total students in the bus initially, T=50.

15 students got off the bus at the first stop and 8 students got off at the second bus stop.

Now, the students left in the bus is

`\begin{gathered} N=T-15-8 \\ N=50-15-8 \\ N=27 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, 27 students are left in the bus.