Question

A school is arranging a field trip to the zoo. The school spends 635.66 dollars on passes for 34 students and 3 teachers. The school also spends 299.54 dollars on lunch for just the students. How much money was spent on a pass and lunch for each student?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let the students price = x

Let the teacher's price = y

34x + 3y = 635

34y = 299.54

y = 299.54 / 34

y = 8.81

The only way to do this is to assume that students and teachers are charged the same amount for admission. But the question should say so.

So x = y

37x = 635.66

x = 635.66 / 37

x = 17.18

So the total spent per student was

8.81 + 17.18 = 25.99