The Latin Club charted a bus to travel to and participate in a state competition. The cost for each adult to ride the bus was $25 and the cost for each student to ride the bus was $15.

A total of 17 people rode the bus. The total paid for the bus was $305.

Let a represent the number of adults and s represent the number of students.

Finish the equations below to represent the system and then solve.

Question

The Latin Club charted a bus to travel to and participate in a state competition.  The cost for each adult to ride the bus was $25 and the cost for each student to ride the bus was $15.

A total of 17 people rode the bus.  The total paid for the bus was $305.  

Let a represent the number of adults and s represent the number of students.

Finish the equations below to represent the system and then solve.

anonymous · Answer

a+s =17
25a + 15s = 305

anonymous · Answer

but i cant forger  out how many adults and student there are on the bus