Question

Your class is taking a trip to the public library. You can travel in cars and large vans. A car holds 5 people and a large van holds 12 people. Write an equation to represent the situation if there are 60 students in your class.

Answer 1

Explanation:

c = number of cars used

v = number of vans used

5c + 12v = 60

as the sum of all students in cars and vans must be 60.

but this does not consider solutions with partly filled cars or vans.