Question

When Julian got on the bus, 8 people got on and 2 got off. At the next stop, 5 people got on and 3 got off. At Julian's stop, he noticed that 7 people got on, 9 got off, and there were 16 people left. How many passengers were on the bus before Julian got on?

Answer 1

please help its hard

Answer 2

Well right now I'm trying to figure out if "At Julian's stop, he noticed that 7 people got on, 9 got off" INCLUDES Julian or if it is actually 10 people got off (counting Julian) weird wording...

Answer 3

I think its not including himself

Answer 4

just the people in the bus

Answer 5

help!

Answer 6

Hmm..I'm going to have to go with 10

lets think..if there were 10 people on the bus to begin with before he got on

And 6 people got on (8 get on and 2 leave = 6) that would be 16 people

Then 2 people get on (5 people on...3 leave = 2) that would be 18 people

Then at Julians stop....2 people leave (9 people leave and 7 get on = -2) that would bring us back to 16 people left

Answer 7

Make sense?

Answer 8

not really?

Answer 9

Sorry for getting off...but okay....Here I'll show you it in equation form

Let 'x' = the number of people before Julian got on....

After the first stop we have + 8 people...and - 2 people so

x + 8 - 2

After the second stop we have + 5 people and - 3 people so

x + 8 - 2 + 5 - 3

After Julains stop we have + 7 people and - 9 people so

x + 8 - 2 + 5 - 3 + 7 - 9

And we know there were 16 people leftover...so

x + 8 - 2 + 5 - 3 + 7 - 9 = 16

So now lets solve

x + 6 + 5 - 3 + 7 - 9 = 16

x + 11 - 3 + 7 - 9 = 16

x + 8 + 7 - 9 = 16

x + 15 - 9 = 16

x + 6 = 16

x = 10

so there were 10 people on the bus before Julian got on