SOLUTION: School A and School B have taken a field trip to a professional baseball game. School A took eight vans and eight buses to get it's 240 students to the game. School B took 4 vans

Question 1051894: School A and School B have taken a field trip to a professional baseball game. School A took eight vans and eight buses to get it's 240 students to the game. School B took 4 vans and one bus to get it's 54 students to the game. Find the number of students that were in each van and bus.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number in a van
Let = number in a bus
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(1)
(2)
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Multiply both sides of (2) by
and subtract (2) from (1)
(1)
(2)
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and
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
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There were 8 students in a van and
22 students in a bus
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
You can check (1)

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