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The state fair is a popular field trip destination. This year the senior class at High School A and the senior class at High School B both planned trips there. The senior class at High School A rented and filled 8 vans and 8 buses with 240 students. High School B rented and filled 4 vans and I bus with 54 students. Every van had the same number of students in it as did the buses. Find the number of students in each van and in each bus. ​

Answer 1

• van: 8
• bus: 22

Explanation:

If we let v and b represent the seating capacity of vans and buses, respectively, then the two trips can be described by ...

8v +8b = 240

4v +b = 54

Dividing the first equation by 8 gives ...

v +b = 30

Subtracting that from the second equation gives ...

3v = 24

v = 8 . . . . . . . . . . . divide by 3

b = 30 -8 = 22

The number of students in each van is 8; the number in each bus is 22.