Question

CHECKING MY ANSWER: 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 6 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 57 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

23 seats?

Answer 2

@Preetha @Michele_Laino

Answer 3

@amistre64 (:

Answer 4

how did you figure this out?

Answer 5

x-6+x-6+x=57
x=23

Answer 6

I got 15 from your equation

Answer 7

small + large = 57

if 23 is the large, 23+23 = 46, 2 large vans cant even transport 57 then

Answer 8

he was saying that the small was 23.

Answer 9

still doesnt work for me

23+23+6 is not 57

Answer 10

large = small + 6

small + small + 6 has to be 57

Answer 11

but wouldn't it be 23+23+29? Because the small van takes 2 trips and then the large is +6

Answer 12

Yesh..?

Answer 13

2 trips ... too many words to keep track of lol

Answer 14

Hahaha, Amistre I'm sorry I make you read so much ):

Answer 15

So I'm right?

Answer 16

:)

one van has 6 more seats than the other.
large = small + 6

the smaller van makes two trips every morning
small + small

while the larger one makes only one trip.
small + 6

the two vans can transport 57 people
3small +6 = 57

Answer 17

can we assume large has more seats than small?

Answer 18

Yea, 6 more,.

Answer 19

ive seen a lot of clowns come out of a vw ... just saying :)

Answer 20

xDD

Answer 21

51/3 = 17 for the small, so 6 more is 23 is fine to mee

Answer 22

So the question asks for the larger van, It holds 29 right

Answer 23

small= 17 large= 23

Answer 24

of course not. small is 17, 17+6 is 23

Answer 25

Oh yeah, Gotcha.