Question

a company uses two vans to transport workers from a free parking lot to the workplace between 7:00 and 9:00a.m. one van has 5 more seats than the other. the smaller van makes two trips every morning while the larger one makes only one trip. the two vans can transport 65 people, maximum. Let x be the seats in the small van while y be the seats for the larger van. how many seats does the larger van have?

Answer 1

y=x+5
x+y=65

x+x+5=65
2x=60
x=30
y=35

Answer 2

is that the answer?

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

ok

Answer 5

is the ans. 25?

Answer 6

yes thanks

Answer 7

don you want the method?

Answer 8

now the two vans can transport 71 people , can u help me ?

Answer 9

x-5+x-5+x=65
x=25

Answer 10

x is the number of seats in larger van and x-5 is the number of seats in smaller van

Answer 11

the question is the same it just now has 71 people

Answer 12

27 seats

Answer 13

thank u