SOLUTION: your class is taking a trip. you can travel in small and large cans. a small van holds 6 people and a large van holds 12. your class could fill 1 small van and 3 large vans. write

Question 984557: your class is taking a trip. you can travel in small and large cans. a small van holds 6 people and a large van holds 12. your class could fill 1 small van and 3 large vans. write an equation in standard form that models the possible combinations of small vans and large vans that your class could fill
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, how many small vans
y, how many large vans

SMALL: 6 people per van
LARGE: 12 people per van

You can say, p is the number of people, and then .

Information for finding p:
1 small van and 3 large vans

-------students in the class

Fixing the Equation:

Multiply b.s. ,

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