how do we do this.....
Your school is planning to bring 193 to a competition at another school. there are eight drivers available and two type of vehicles, school buses and minivans. the school buses seat 51 people each, and the minivans seat 8 people each.
i don't get it... like don't we need to find 2 equations?
ooo got it ... thanks Ms sue
193 / 51 = 3 with a remainder of 40
I think you can figure the answer from here.
The buses hold 51 people, so the group needs 3 buses.
After the 3 buses are filled, 40 people are left over. Each van holds 8 people.
40 / 8 = 5 vans
5 vans + 3 buses = 8 vehicles
There may be a shorter way to do this, but my way works.
To determine the number of school buses and minivans needed to transport 193 people, we can follow these steps:
Step 1: Determine the number of people that can be transported using the school buses.
Since each school bus can seat 51 people, we divide the total number of people (193) by the seating capacity of a school bus (51) to get the number of school buses needed.
193 people ÷ 51 people per school bus = 3.78 buses
Note: We need to round up to the nearest whole number because we cannot have a fraction of a bus. So, we will need at least 4 school buses.
Step 2: Determine the remaining number of people after allocating school buses.
To determine how many people are left to be transported, we subtract the number of people that can be accommodated in the school buses (4 buses x 51 seats) from the total number of people (193).
193 people - (4 buses x 51 seats per bus) = 193 - 204 = -11 people
We have a negative number of people, indicating that all 193 people can fit within the allocated school buses, and no additional minivans are needed.
Therefore, to transport 193 people, you would need 4 school buses, and no minivans are required.