Question

The science class is taking a trip to the science center. there are 20 students and an unknown number of adult chaperones going. the bus holds at most 35 people. what is the greatest number of adults who can chaperone

Answer 1

Assume that the only people on the bus are students and adult s, We can have 35 people altogether, but we already have 20 slots filled with students. That only leaves 15 slots for adults.(35-20=15).