12 A . my guess would be to divide 2175 by 18 which would give you 120.83
What i did is that i did $1.50 time 8 = $12.00 and then do $30.00-12.00=$18.00

Let the capacity of bus be x students
And van be y students, now ;
From the given statements we get two equations ~


multiply the equation (2) with 2 [ it won't change the values ]


Now, deduct equation (1) from equation (3)




Therefore each bus can carry (x) = 45 students
Now, plug the value of x in equation (1) to find y ~







Hence, each van can carry (y) = 17 students in total.