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Question no.5:
78 students went on a field trip. They went by van or car. The total number of cars and vans were 10. Each car held 5 students and each van held 12 students. How many cars and how many vans went on the field trip?
Solution:
Let the number of cars be "x" and the number of vans be "y".
According to question,
x + y = 10 5x + 12y = 78 -->(ii)
=> 5(x + y) = 10 × 5
=> 5x + 5y = 50 -->(i)
By Elimination method,
Equation (i) - (ii) we get,
(5x + 5y) - (5x + 12y) = 50 - 78
=> 5x + 5y - 5x - 12y = - 28
=> - 7y = - 28
=> 7y = 28
=> y = 28/7
=> y = 4
Putting the value of "y" in Equation (i)
5x + 5y = 50
=> 5x + 5 × 4 = 50
=> 5x + 20 = 50
=> 5x = 50 - 20
=> 5x = 30
=> x = 30/5
=> x = 6
Therefore,
The total number of cars went = 6
The total number of vans went = 4
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Question no.6:
168 students went on a field trip. They took a total of 10 vans and buses. Each bus held 42 students, and each van held 6 students. How many vans went on the field trip?
Solution:
Let the number of buses be "x" and the number of vans be "y".
According to question,
x + y = 10 42x + 6y = 168 -->(ii)
=> 42(x + y) = 10 × 42
=> 42x + 42y = 420 -->(i)
By Elimination method,
Equation (i) - (ii)
(42x + 42y) - (42x + 6y) = 420 - 168
=> 42x + 42y - 42x - 6y = 252
=> 36y = 252
=> y = 252/36
=> y = 7
Putting the value of "y" in Equation (ii)
42x + 6y = 168
=> 42x + 6 × 7 = 168
=> 42x + 42 = 168
=> 42x = 168 - 42
=>42x = 126
=> x = 126/42
=> x = 3
Therefore,
Total number of buses went = 3
Total number of vans went = 7