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For a school field trip, there must be 1 adult to accompany 12 students, 3 adults to accompany 36 students, and 5 adults to accompany 60 students. Write the equation to determine the number of adults,
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For a school field trip, there must be 1 adult to accompany 12 students, 3 adults to accompany 36 students, and 5 adults to accompany 60 students. Write the equation to determine the number of adults, y, needed to accompany x students

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the answer is y=x/12
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y = 12x
students/adults equals 12 in the examples in the problem
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