A school is planning a field trip for 142 people. The

trip will use six drivers and two types of vehicles: buses and vans. A bus can seat

51 passengers. A van can seat 10 passengers. Write and solve a system of

equations to find how many buses and how many vans will be needed.

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Kaliyah

21 November, 14:46

A school is planning a field trip for 142 people. The

trip will use six drivers and two types of vehicles: buses and vans. A bus can seat

51 passengers. A van can seat 10 passengers. Write and solve a system of

equations to find how many buses and how many vans will be needed.

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Deborah Waller · Answer 1

The trip will use six drivers therefore

x+y=6

51x+10y=142 (A bus can seat 51 passengers. A van can seat 10 passengers.)

10x+10y=60

41x=82

x=2 buses

y=4 vans

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A school is planning a field trip for 142 people. Thetrip will use six drivers and two types of vehicles: buses and vans. A bus can seat51 passengers. A van can seat 10 passengers. Write and solve a system ofequations to find how many buses and how many vans will be needed.

A school is planning a field trip for 142 people. The

trip will use six drivers and two types of vehicles: buses and vans. A bus can seat

51 passengers. A van can seat 10 passengers. Write and solve a system of

equations to find how many buses and how many vans will be needed.