SOLUTION: All 28 members in Crestview High School's Ski Club went on a one day ski trip. Members can rent skis for $16 per day or snowboards for $19 per day. The club paid a total of $478 fo
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Question 159297: All 28 members in Crestview High School's Ski Club went on a one day ski trip. Members can rent skis for $16 per day or snowboards for $19 per day. The club paid a total of $478 for rental equipment. How many members rented skis and how many rented snowboards?
How do you translate this into equations? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! = number who rented skis = number who rented snowboards
Given:
Multiply both sides of the 1st equation by and
subtract it from the 2nd equation
18 rented skis and 10 rented snowboards
check:
OK
