SOLUTION: All 208 freshmen at a school went on a feild trip. For transportation, buses that each hold 64 students and vans that each hold 8 students were used. Every bus and van was complete

Question 359730: All 208 freshmen at a school went on a feild trip. For transportation, buses that each hold 64 students and vans that each hold 8 students were used. Every bus and van was completely filled, and there were 5 vehicles used. How many buses and vans were used?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi

Let x represent the number of buses. then 5-x would be the number of vans

64*x + 8(5-x) = 208

64x + 40 - 8x = 208

56x = 168

x = 3 buses and 2 vans

checking our answer

3*64 + 2*8 = 208 

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