document.write( "Question 912035: There are 43 buses in a car park. Some are super buses with 10 wheels and some have 8 wheels. There are 380 wheels in total. How many 10 wheel buses are there? Please show your solution. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #553504 by JulietG(1812) You can put this solution on YOUR website! If all 43 buses were super buses, there would be 430 wheels. \n" ); document.write( "There are only 380, though. 430-380=50 \n" ); document.write( "The difference between a super bus and a normal bus is 2 wheels. \n" ); document.write( "50/2 = 25 normal buses \n" ); document.write( "25 @8 wheels = 200 \n" ); document.write( "That leaves 18 (43-25) super buses @10 wheels = 180 \n" ); document.write( "200 + 180 = 380 \n" ); document.write( " |