SOLUTION: your class is taking a trip. you can travel in small and large cans. a small van holds 6 people and a large van holds 12. your class could fill 1 small van and 3 large vans. write

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Question 984557: your class is taking a trip. you can travel in small and large cans. a small van holds 6 people and a large van holds 12. your class could fill 1 small van and 3 large vans. write an equation in standard form that models the possible combinations of small vans and large vans that your class could fill
Answer by josgarithmetic(39615) About Me  (Show Source):
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x, how many small vans
y, how many large vans

SMALL: 6 people per van
LARGE: 12 people per van

You can say, p is the number of people, and then 6x%2B12y=p.

Information for finding p:
1 small van and 3 large vans
6%2A1%2B12%2A3
42-------students in the class

Fixing the Equation:
6x%2B12y=42
Multiply b.s. 1%2F6,
highlight%28x%2B2y=7%29