document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1112722>Question 1112722</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The state fair is a popular field trip destination. This year the  senior class at high school A and the senior class at high school b both planned trips there. The senior class at high school a rented and filled 12 vans and 7 buses with 485 students. High school b rented and filled 1 van and 1 bus with 65 students. Each van and each bus carried the same number of students. How many students can a van carry? How many students can a bus carry?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the number of students that fit in a van and let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> represent the number of students that fit on a bus.  A had 12 vans, so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 12x\"> students rode in vans, and 7 busses, so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 7y\"> students rode in busses.  Therefore, since there were 485 students from A:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 12x\ +\ 7y\ =\ 485\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Similarly for B:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ +\ y\ =\ 65\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the system by any convenient means. Either substitution or elimination will work nicely.  Gauss-Jordan would probably be overkill, but a good exercise to prepare for more difficult problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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