There are 221 students on a filed trip. Five of the students ride in a van. The rest of the students fill 6 buses. Enter an equa

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tion that can be solved to find the number of students, s, that are on each bus

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uranmaximum [27] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-04T11:19:52+03:00

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Answer:

$6s+5=221$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let s be the number of students in each of 6 buses. Then there are 6s students in all buses.

Five of the students ride in a van. In total, in a van and in buses there are $6s+5$ students.

There are 221 students on a filed trip. So,

$6s+5=221$