Question

the students of a bayside middle school are going on a field trip . 15 students fit in a van and 3 students will be traveling in a car. write an algebraic expression for this problem and what is the meaning of the variable in your expression

Answer 1

The algebraic expression for this problem is
`T=15x+3y`.

Explanation:

Given:

15 students fit in a van and 3 students will be traveling in a car.

So we can say that;

Number of students travelling by van = 15

Number of students travelling by car = 3

Now Let the number of vans be 'x'.

also Let the number of cars be 'y'.

Let the Total number of students bayside middle school be 'T'.

Solution:

now we can say that;

Total number of students going on field trip is equal to sum of Number of students travelling by van multiplied by the number of vans and Number of students travelling by car multiplied by the number of cars.

framing in equation form we get;

`T=15x+3y`

Hence, The algebraic expression for this problem is
`T=15x+3y`.