SOLUTION: A class of 165 students went on a field trip they took 9 vehicles some were cars and some were buses find the number of cars and the number of buses they took if each car holds 5 s

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Question 1026092: A class of 165 students went on a field trip they took 9 vehicles some were cars and some were buses find the number of cars and the number of buses they took if each car holds 5 students and each bus holds 45 students
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of buses they took
= number of cars they took
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and

They took 3 buses and 6 cars
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