document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=662392>Question 662392</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the senior class at High School A rented and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "filled 8 vans and 8 buses with 240 students. High School B rented and filled 4 vans and 1 bus with 54 students. Every van had the same number of students in it as did the buses. Find the number of the students in each van and in each bus<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "filled 8 vans and 8 buses with 240 students. High School B rented and filled 4 vans and 1 bus with 54 students. Every van had the same number of students in it as did the buses. Find the number of the students in each van and in each bus<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8v + 8b = 240<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4v +  b = 54<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Modify to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4v + 4b = 120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4v +  b = 54<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"b\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3b = 66<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 22 (each bus holds 22 students)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"v\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4v + b = 54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4v + 22 = 54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4v = 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "v = 8 (each van holds 8 students)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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