document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi
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document.write( "Let x represent the number of buses. then 5-x would be the number of vans
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document.write( "64*x + 8(5-x) = 208
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document.write( "64x + 40 - 8x = 208
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document.write( "56x = 168
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document.write( "x = 3 buses and 2 vans
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document.write( "checking our answer
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document.write( "3*64 + 2*8 = 208 \n" );
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