document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=152483>Question 152483</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your organization is planning a conference with 193 people in attendance that need transportation.  There are 8 drivers available and 2 types of vehicles, buses and SUV’s .  The bus seats 51 people each. The SUV seats 8 people each.  How many buses and SUVs will be needed?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let b= # of buses\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let s= SUVs\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Drivers   s+b =8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "People  51b + 8b = 193\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "People  51b + 8b = 193<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "People  51b + 8s = 193\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now s+b=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 8-b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "51b + 8(8-b) = 193<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64 + 43b = 193<BR>\n" );
document.write( "43b = 129<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That makes s = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is interesting in this problem is that you are not told to use all the drivers. So, we could use 4 buses and move them all. That saves 4 drivers to so something else. Assuming the cost for gas for one b is less than 4 SUVs, give the other 4 drivers something better to do.\r<BR>\n" );
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