Question

A bus departed from New York at 11 pm with 44 passengers. An hour later, a few passengers got off at New Jersey. The number of passengers who boarded the bus at New Jersey were twice the number of passengers who got off the bus. If the bus has 50 passengers now, how many passengers got off at New Jersey?

Answer 1

6 passengers got off at New Jersey

Explanation:

let the number of passengers who got off be x and let the number of passengers who boarded the bus be y

y=2x

44 - x + y=50

y=50-44+x

y=6+x

subst y=2x

2x=6+x

2x-x=6

x=6